And I think you’re overestimating the effectiveness of that strategy. Remember George W. Bush? He was the object of absolute ridicule on the left for four years straight. He was “stupid,” a “warmonger,” a cultural conservative determined to “undo all the progress” of the last century. We also had the media on our…

I’m not too worried about a midterm election against a guy with 35 percent approval.

Yeah, well, the Eeyores were told in November 2016 that we were giving Trump too much credit. Six months into the post-fact era, I’m still being told that my concerns are not justified. Just because some people marched around in pussy hats one day and have rolled their eyes every day since does not mean 2018 is…

Republicans had a bunch of messages, including “lower taxes”, “lower insurance premiums”, “deport illegal aliens”, and “pro-blue collar jobs”. Not nessisarily saying they followed up on all of them once they became the majority party, but don’t say they had no message at all.

The reality of future voting:

How come women can’t go sleeveless when Paul Ryan is allowed to go spineless?

You’re missing one of Hamilton’s points: compromising for the sake of bipartisanship means that your position on an issue doesn’t really matter, since you are willing to give it up for the sake of some ideal that ultimately stands for nothing.

NOPE. You are either a D or an R and alllllllllll of your political beliefs are easily and immediately summarized by that letter! And you must shout loudly! Get back in line! /s

This may be true for YOU and YOUR political views, but there are plenty of people out there who aren’t on the fringes of politics and prefer a more centrist, moderate approach. There is nothing wrong with wanting, say, pro-choice rights for women, marriage equality, AND lower taxes and smaller government.

Setting aside the fact that Brooks is a dipshit, I think he’s probably right that we should lower our expectations about any evidence of actual collusion materializing. If it existed, it would have come out by now along with everything else that has leaked. I think the best we can hope for is that Trump’s moronic and…

No, you are very wrong. We are talking about premium support. That is what Obamacare very wisely does. It is income redistribution. No one denies this. But not everyone agrees with it.

“For instance, if you support taking away people’s health care so that wealthy people can have a tax cut. That is not a civil position, and it does not warrant a civil response.”

Totally agree. The internet isn’t making us dumb, it’s exposing how dumb we’ve always been.

The similarity is that Deadspin, just like Wendy’s, United, etc. is a brand. And just like any other brand, it depends on “social engagement” (people advertising their shit for free). And it’s not just that Deadspin puts out 100% quality stuff that people can share. Like everyone else, Deadspin creates clickbait,…

You heard the man, people: do not, under any circumstances, like, share, retweet or discuss any Deadspin articles, no matter how much you may have enjoyed them, lest they gain goodwill without proper payment. And need I remind you that they are owned by a multibillion-dollar company?! I can’t quite articulate why that…

Way Toulouse your shit, bro.

I challenge you to find anyone that loves anything as much as Kurkjian loves baseball

Good God. You aren’t nearly interesting enough for someone to take the time to read all that. In fact, writing that much about yourself is a huge red flag—seems narcissistic and delusional.

You guys are in your 40s and 50s and commenting on a blog? What the hell is wrong with you? No wonder you hate your lives.

No, it’s not a western white notion of racism, it’s a Japanese “these people are genetically inferior to us” notion of racism. It’s literally the same motivation that led Europeans to think it was ok to enslave black people. Racism is racism, if you want to talk about “big R Racism” that’s fine, that conversation…