I keep reading all of the tripe about how none of this matters; about how we will come through this better than before - about how America is better than this. B.S. - This is the kind of crap that happens in totalitarian and third world countries; in dictatorships; in Zimbabwe for crying out loud. If the fraud, corruption, deceit and theft that occurred during this election is swept under the rug and allowed to stand, not only will the Republicans in any semblance of conservatism, never win again, but the whole concept of freedom, as the founding fathers intended it, will be forgotten - "rebranded" out of our memories. One person, one vote my aching *.

For someone looking in, I am not an American, it seems that with this and the "illegal alien" saga your social contract is slowly being eroded and as other laws come to be ignored because they inconvenience some political incumbents a form of anarchy will come into being as the citizens start imitating their "saviours".
Take a look at South Africa for the long slide into a political morass, violence and corruption.

This is a response to Cynic:

The patient needs to be in a state of crisis before the doctors will recognize that urgent action is needed.

The really good doctor (let's say House) will recognize the symptoms early, but can't get the establishment (Cutty?) to authorize treatment.

so what to do? what would House do?

so what to do? what would House do?

As you say: "The patient needs to be in a state of crisis"
so god help us because that means that House is going to have his assistants performing tens of procedures as we hemorrhage, have seizures, fits and heart stopping bouts before enough Americans recognize the purpose for his being.

By the way I hope your President elect is ignorant of Argentinian goings on.
There, to get enough taxes out of the "Selfish" population they have started nationalizing private pension funds.