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Sean Hannity's Squirrel-Hair-bot bona fides are definitely in good order these days. Commissioning a private jet to fly Newt Gingrich to Indianapolis to make sure S-H's dinner at the Conrad Hotel with Mike Pence didn't seal the veep deal pretty much forecloses any other possibilities besides Sean's being a slavish devotee.

And then there was the gush-and-cackle-fest on his FNC show last night:

Last night, Hannity had guests Laura Ingraham and Herman Cain on to discuss the VP pick, and they spent a good two segments playing "let's pick our fantasy cabinet" for those would be wise and lend "counsel" and other dramatic, lump-in-your-throat roles in support of Trump. Hannity backed Gingrich for VP. The whole thing was ... well it was super weird.

Now, here's the thing about that particular threesome: They're all very big on telling us #NeverTrumpers that it's time to suck it up, put party unity first, put S-H's rough edges in historical perspective and focus on beating Hillionaire. In their more frustrated moments, they really light into us, tell us that we're obstructing the only chance to rescue this country from the Freedom-Haters putting the finishing touches on the imposition of their Alinskyite vision.

A question: How were they conducting themselves last summer, last winter, when there were still many contenders from which to choose, this May (when, speaking of Indianapolis, until mid-evening on primary night, Ted Cruz was still in the race)?

Answer : They were positively giddy about the charlatan from New York.  One of Ingraham's favorite lines, after reciting a litany of the Most Equal Comrade's various works of ruination - and squishy Congressional Pub acquiescence - was "and you're telling me Trump's the problem?"

Yeah, we were telling you Trump's the problem. The MEC's machinations have obviously also been a problem. So has jihad. So has cultural rot.

But you people were genuinely excited from the get-go by this clown. Ingraham in particular has not missed an opportunity every damn day to trot out this term "globalism" as if it really means something. And, while China is a bona fide threat on the military level (I still need to blog about that country's balking at the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague on its behavior in the South China Sea) and routinely engages in cyber-mischief , not to mention continuing to trample human rights, none of that gets ameliorated by the tariffs S-H proposes. And said tariffs will not bring the making of Apple watches or Nike shoes back to post-American shores.

No, these supposedly towering intellects and principled conservatives have given themselves over to rank adulation of the sort pop-star fans lavish on their idols.

We could have had Ted. We could have had Marco Rubio. We could have had Carly. But post-America seems to have lost its capacity for hearing out the conservative vision.

Just be aware that whenever you tune in to FNC, you're as likely to get a Squirrel-Hair infomercial as you are a balanced and lively discussion of issues or public figures.

Sean, your eyeballs are floating in Kool-Aid.