I know it sounds tin-foilish, but I blame it all on Skippy, the long-ago banned NYC_SKP primitive, which is why I nominated him for the William Rivers Pitt award for 2016 and why, if he doesn't win it, he might, or might not, get the franksolich for 2016.
One can't think too lightly of Skippy; he's really bright, probably smarter than all the other primitives (other than Skins, the brooklynite primitive, and the buzzy one) all put together; this after all is a guy who got a four-year full-ride scholarship to attend the premier college of engineering and architecture in the world.
This is a guy who could build (and probably already has, for his ISIS buddies and pals) a 30-megaton nuclear device from odds and ends and scraps laying around in his garage.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Think back to circa April 2015, when it appeared Messalina Agrippina had a clear and uncontested route to the Democrat nomination for the presidency. There was nothing standing in her way, not the least little itty-bitty speed-bump.
Then enter Skippy.
Skippy, like many Democrat, liberal, and primitive males, has a problem with bright, confident, assertive women; he's scared of them. (This probably has something to do with his having been raised in a family without a strong male figure to emulate.)
Messalina Agrippina as president was a thought that compelled him to stockpile stacks of brown pants.
Combine this attitude about women with that Skippy is a nihilist, a wrecker, a destroyer. His education and training's been in construction, in the building, of things, but his temperament's that of a homicidal vandal. (This is probably a consequence of his anger at not having had a father in his life when young.)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
So, going back to April 2015, which is about the same time Skippy embarked upon two missions; to find another possible Democrat contender for the White House, and to do some damage to Skins and Skins's island, whose existence offended him.
Why the Hell Skippy decided that an old white guy with one foot already in the grave was a suitable replacement for Messalina Agrippina escapes one. Not only was this guy hoary and grumpy, having no charisma at all, but he was also known as a wild-eyed rabid fringe extremist not likely to appeal to the vast majority of stable, calm, clear-thinking Americans.
But anyway, Skippy chose him and started promoting him on Skins's island. It's possible the old sourassed sourpuss hadn't ever given the least thought to running for president, until Skippy inspired him. Skippy's "selling point" was that Methuselah was "more left" than Messalina Agrippina.
Actually, she was just as "left" as he was, but Skippy, using his informal position as a "leader" among the primitives, blatantly lied to them, knowing fully well they'd (the primitives) would unquestionably believe him.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Skippy was already aware Skins had an unnatural affection for Messalina Agrippina, and sought to harm Skins by turning the primitives against her.
Which the sly and crafty and dishonest Skippy did very well, ultimately turning more than two-thirds of the primitives against the former First Lady. They came very close to taking over Skins's island, but fortunately at the last minute Skins intervened, stopping them in their tracks, slapping most of them off Skins's island out into cold and bitter exile.
(One wishes he'd intervened a lot sooner than he did, though.)
The division between the two sides within the Democrat party was so severe that the presidential vote was affected, allowing a Republican, the Hope of the Nation, to come in.
So one should really blame Skippy, not anybody or anything else.