it has been an alarmingly eye-opening phenomenon to millions of ordinary conservative Americans who enjoyed consuming talk radio and the serial works of conservative authors, under the (apparently naive) belief that they meant what they said. Because when Trump – who spent his entire life believing in none of those things – came along and started getting ratings, almost all of them to a man jumped on board the train, because the Trump boomlet was so easy to monetize.

Hahahahahaha, it's all a conspiracy!

Dangerous signs of self-awareness on the NJ right:

Somewhere along the way, though, Palin realized that there was a lot of money to be made by presenting herself as the victim of a smear campaign orchestrated by a so-called “smart set,” which she in her wily caginess was always able (in her own mind) to outsmart.

And wow is Redstate ever loaded up with social media beacons! Had to spend five minutes with NadClockPlus to maintain my illusion of privacy.

I meant "nut job" rather than New Jersey, but yeah!