Why I suspect "he" is so "familiar" and horrible to many of us.

[NRaleighLiberal]

Any of us who had as a classmate a damaged kid, insecure, who became nothing but a loud mouthed bully

Or a friend or relative who was loud and obnoxious, far beyond their talent - and you thought "why hasn't someone just clocked them good somewhere along the line and brought them back down to earth'?

Or worked in a company with a co-worker who was the same - narcissistic, selfish, loud, obnoxious. Or selfish. Or racist. Or misogynistic.

Or worked in a company where the leader was inept at decisions, but surrounded himself with asskissers - made nothing but bad self serving decisions, demoralized the company - yet kept rising and rising - because no one dared challenge them.

I could go on and on - but we are about to have a president that encapsulates all of the above. Which is why I think it is so insulting, bothersome, depressing, angering to us here who are the opposite. We've probably run into versions of him many times in our lives...who knew we would be faced with all of them tied up in one smelly, fetid package - as our president, no less.

[hlthe2b]

1. Yup, you got it...

The never ending new and ongoing outrages leave one unable to react--just demoralized--which I am sure is the strategy (aka Klein's "Shock Doctrine&quot

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. I have decided...

That these people didn't get enough hugs as children.

My granddaughter is going to get 100 hugs every day.

[ginnyinWI]

3. Yes we know the type.

There was the kid in grade school who always had to insult my bike, which had only 20" tires while his had 24" tires. He'd taunt me: "shrimpy bike! shrimpy bike!" and it hurt. He didn't just do it once--it was a daily occurrence for quite a while.

There are kids who will get together and pick on a tease a kid who is different, and that's pretty normal. But someone who is all by himself and goes out of his way to be mean--that's the type.