That’s exactly how we got George W. Bush; more people “wanted to have a beer with him” than with Gore, nevermind, or rather, precisely because(!),  he is a moron and Gore is an intellectual. (Well, that and GOP cheating in Florida).

This is a pretty perfect synopsis of where we are. Decisions are being made at the behest of people who have no understanding of the decision they’re making or an illogical ideological ax to grind, and the people who actually have some understanding of the issue are ignored.

Why would trump even listen to his SIL after the massive screw-up with Comey?

Hey guys, sorry to thread-jump, but I just read at the WaPo that Al Franken is resigning. I am sad. I do not think that Franken should have stayed in office indefinitely, but I would have been happier if he had held out until some Republican offenders resigned.

I feel that the spread of Rapture theology* (and it’s marriage to Bircherism thanks to the Left Behind books) is one of the most under-reported, misunderstood, vile & pernicious developments in US, and world, politics. Ten of millions of self-described “Christians” are cheering for more war, famine, pestilence & death…

Besides a generally infantile personality, I think he’s becoming demented as in experiencing a cognitive decline. His inability to find words, use of repetitive phrases, poor to non existent multitasking skills, paranoia, mood swings, it’s all there. If you watch video of him speaking 15 years ago, he was much more…

Trump seems to think that the US has its embassy in Tel Aviv because no one has considered having it in Jerusalem before. Like this is some brilliant idea that he just came up with, rather than that this is an option that was considered and is actively not done because it’s a terrible idea.

The Post reports that Mike Pence and Jared Kushner lobbied in favor of the decision, while Defense Secretary Mattis and Secretary of State Tillerson reportedly argued against it.

It’s been less than a year. Somehow, it’s also been 37 years. “2017" is a bubble of warped spacetime.

Thank you. I grasp ahold of these very tenuous threads whenever they float in front of me.

Boom. It’s like the “who’s got the softest punch?” contest where the Dems try to follow the rules and the conservatives cheat and go “Oh, well...”

If Dan Fogler and Josh Gad had a baby, and that baby then spent 10 years getting hit with the ugly stick, you’d get Blake Farenthold.

spend all of their time catering to filthy rich donor class and nothing to help their base; while pretending to be devout Christian, but embracing greed and corruption and vilifying the poor. You have to be a certain type of person to do these things

I think it’s a self selecting group. They are basically a party who courts the white working class and men with racist and sexist tropes; but then spend all of their time catering to filthy rich donor class and nothing to help their base; while pretending to be devout Christian, but embracing greed and corruption and…

No chance. Democrats unilaterally disarm. Republicans cheat, lie, obfuscate, and walk away to do whatever they want the very next day. And the citizenry sits on our collective asses and do nothing. Thus we get what we deserve, an organized crime family running the country.

Damn, those are some nice, shiny locks.

(I’m not a woman, and) I’ve been using it for years.

Don’t you mean “Hay?”

Why is that, MISTER? EDucate yourself on why it works.