Some schadenfreude, you know, as a treat.

Above: history's most recent victim
of history's dumbest electoral system.

Like a lot of us, I think I'm, what's the word? Traumatized? Yeah, actually that fits. Traumatized by that time we all knew, knew Hillary Clinton was going to win. And then she didn't. Well, I mean, she did in so far as more Americans voted for her than they did the other options, but because there's like a whole system that was designed to give underpopulated states some input, but was then exploited by autocrats to eek out technical wins that override the will of the majority.

So we had four long years of the former host of The Apprentice bloviating away what little credibility we had left. Four long years that ended in, just to remind ourselves, this:

Pictured: a literal coup attempt.

This, but schadenfreude.

Anyway, my point is while I'm feeling something akin to--well, not hope--perhaps less dread? Sure, I'm feeling something akin to less dread about the future. For now anyway. And so I'm going to treat myself to a little schadenfreude at the way the candidate who's name I shan't mention's campaign reacted to the news that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has been chose by Vice President Harris to be her running mate. That is to say with comically on the nose Right-Wing Satanic Panic.

Unleashing Hell and breaking ties in the
Senate. The VP actually has an important job.

Evidently the former President and if there is a God in heaven, future inmate, went so far as to release a memo suggesting that Walz will: "...unleash HELL ON EARTH" (characteristic and completely unnecessary capitalization, his). Bold claim, right? He also said that Walz will open the border to criminals (again, strong words coming from a convicted criminal), that Kamala Harris plans to light money on fire, and that Walz would be the worst Vice President in history. And that's coming from a guy whose own VP was nearly hanged by his supporters.

And sure, I know that the guy who was so bad at business that his casino went under will say anything, literally anything up to reassemble the coalition of rubes who catapulted him to an electoral, but not popular win the last time, but accusing a former geography teacher, National Guardsman, and current Governor of Minnesota of being a harbinger of Satan, feels like a little much. Even for him.

Pictured: Vice Presidential Candidate Tim Walz, seen
here holding a piglet at the Minnesota State Fair...and paving
the way for the Prince of Darkness. He later had some pie.