This level of derangement on National-scale isn't creeping-in on little pussycat-feet: It's SHRIEKING! ..as many with generally-sane minds imagine it will just go away, once
we "just-get-back-to" Abnormal.

(Maybe everyone's just apocalypsed-out? their radar incinerated when McCain/Mavericky actually WAS a contender for CIEIO-of-All.)
People who don't understand even their own metaphors may kill off all the ones who do.