The other day, during one of his show's podcasts, Ben Shapiro used the phrase "doubling down on stupid" in describing what many leftist commentators and politicians are doing. He said that in the context of what many Democrats and their apologists in the media are doing in trying to justify the recent losses by Democratic candidates in several elections. Just to give you a couple of examples of the fare you will find in the various news outlets as they attempt to justify the unjustifiable are the following.