Part of what made DJT's antics yesterday so appalling is that we got to see them in real time, at real speed -- as one who watched it live, over lunch (and the spectacle did not help my digestion), I got to take in the full measure of the manchild in all his petty, self-aggrandizing, grievance- and victim-filled worst. It speaks volumes about the decline in civility in our society that such a lousy person can get even seven votes for President, never mind 70 million. In fact pretty much every one of us would be looking for exciting new career opportunities if we did that in our own lives.

Even traditional GOP shills and other soulless sorts on the political right had no words of support for the Scheiss show that played out, breaking ranks long enough to note that going off-script was a very poor strategy. Even what little defense was offered for him was appallingly and obviously bad. DJT was "a man of action"? What action? The world saw his mouth run, nothing more, the face of a bully trying to beat up on a black woman simply because he could and whom he knew was not able to fight back. To say it was disgusting is by any objective measure far insufficient. MAGA is of course a lost cause, for the Deplorables that they are. (Hillary Was Right, Example #28,379) But for others with even a modicum of objectivity and decency about them, could we finally be reaching a sticking point, at which DJT's schlock finally has become too shopworn and tedious, too stale, too embarrassing, and just too vile to accept?

As I've said (and you've known) all along, turn up the heat on him and he melts faster than ice cream on an Arizona summer day. Expect more of these moments as the polls show support shifting toward Kamala as she keeps it both real and professional. If DJT wants to keep on raining, she should keep on being the parade and give us all reasons to vote for her if DJT is so willing to tell us why nobody with a working brain should support him. Keep pressing his hot buttons and enjoy the spectacle. If you can withstand it. Experience-based advice: best not to do so while partaking of a meal. An ample supply of popcorn, on the other hand, would be welcome.