Some of these very folks marching in DC today—hoping a strongman executive will subvert the Constitution and trample on states' rights— were marching in DC 10 years ago against federal overreach and an imperial presidency.

All I can think about is how much they've been lied to.

There's individual responsibility here; I'm not suggesting these people are helpless.

But most voters aren't born ideological warriors. They are normal folk who want to believe in something. And over the past decade, they've been conned by cynical pols into believing a lot junk.

Is it super hypocritical to march for fiscal responsibility then applaud deficit-busting programs? Of course.

But when all the media they consume and all the pols they trust are working 24/7 to sell a con that perpetuates their own power & influence & money, it's easy to buy in.

Were some of those marchers motivated by hatred of a black president, and not by fiscal responsibility? Yes.

But those people were being lied to, too! Millions of R voters believed Obama was born in Kenya. They should've known better, but people they trusted swore it was true.

I've lost faith in voters. But I've lost far more faith in the institutions they trust and leaders they listen to.

What we've witnessed over the past decade is an unyielding blitz of deception—over Obama, Obamacare, deficits, Muslims, crowd sizes, immigration, voter fraud, etc.