Current events are what they used to be

What very few of us appreciated at the time, early in 2016, was that when Jeb Bush was predicting bitter chaos under any government by the current American President, he knew what he was talking about because his Party had ridden that whirlwind for most of his own life. Just with a luckier hand. The company they used to keep must have taxed their patience as much as it does everyone's, today, but they all knew it in ways the rest of us simply did not. We are the novelty.