elect to office and then the ways we the people incentivize them once in power and so there is -- i think there is a running theme here. one is we saw the acsupreme cou arguments. president trump got three appointments because he was president trump and that -- if you need any other example of why presidential elections matter and senate elections matter, there it is. and we can argue all you want about mitch mcelderry conand will -- mitch mce mcconnell and legitimacy but if hillary clinton was president, you wouldn't have had the arguments you heard this week so that's a primary point there. the terrible shootings, the -- which are all too common, you know, look, i'm a southerner. i own guns. the safest place to be a duck is