I'll admit, I'm sympathetic to conservatives these days. It is possible to lean right and hate trump, and I think a lot of the people who do so wind up with no real outlet or party or place to turn.

It's been swell, pre-kinjapocalypse avclub!

Is it possible to be a feminist and treat your wife like shit at the same time? I sorta want to say yes. I guess I think of one's conduct in a relationship as different, somehow, from one's beliefs or ideology.

Those were trolls, Russian or otherwise. A ton of the "dissent" strewn about the left is trolling and sabotage. Yes, some people were just idiot assholes, but a lot of that was either trolling or prodded along by trolling.

That's what they did! Quote things!

I've seen of Montreal, The Hold Steady, and Okkervil River about six or seven times each.

Again, you're letting how much you think he sucks (and you're right) color your opinion.

Here's some fun misery about CNN and audience.

The polling really wasn't that far off.

What's funny is that the jaded cynical solution is, somehow, positivity.

Something like twice as many Obama voters didn't vote at all or voted for a third party than went to Trump in the rust belt.

Super delegates are irrelevant.

That's what you think. That's not how he sells himself and it's not what his fans are buying.

Is that better or worse than the Colbert-esque (Report era) policy of not seeing race, as in "if we all just ignored race it would go away as a problem".

Those stories sold well. There's zero reason to expect news to do anything but go in whatever direction sells well.

Trump pays some amount of lip service to the idea, but I don't think he gives much of a fuck about being a good guy. And everyone knows it, which is part of his appeal. He's not there to look good or make friends. He's there to get shit done.

Yeah. Democrats need to brand themselves on what they want to do and who they want to help, not on moral standing alone.

That is part of the problem. The UK managed to call for and complete an entire election between the Georgia 6th special election and the Georgia 6th special election runoff.

I mean, if getting dumb wins, I'll admit I'm all for getting dumb.

"banking race" is always uncomfortable.