In a hilarious 1996 episode of The Simpsons, evil reptilian aliens Kang and Kodos dress up as Bob Dole and Bill Clinton and run for president by way of taking over Earth. Homer arrives in the nick of time to reveal that the candidates are really horrifying monsters. As the crowd screams, one of the aliens cries triumphantly: “It’s true! We are aliens! But what are you going to do about it? It’s a two-party system! You have to vote for one of us!” The crowd murmurs disconsolately: “He’s right! It is a two-party system!” (h/t Derek Grisard)

Many of us feel the show was an uncanny prediction of the election we’re in right now. So I have nothing but compassion and understanding for #NeverTrumpers like Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens, who wrote a column this week entitled “My Former Republican Party”