I concur! I see the manipulation exactly AS you have it spelled out "Shame On...
And, I also agree that Brian does fine when he isn't being manipulated by the puppeteers, and we know who is pulling his strings. Ditto, on advising Brian to seek our Party's help, he needs a de-briefing after being tied to "vast right-wing manipulators", which I never thought would be words uttered from my lips. Truly, if THEY wanted so DESPERATELY to tout their agenda, they SHOULD have Run for the OFFICE themselves.
I would not have voted for them though!