Just curious if you’re male or female. I was on a roadtrip recently where we were discussing female celebrities whose sex symbol status are based on female perceptions of hotness, where most men are rather lukewarm. Angelina Jolie topped the list - none of the guys in the car are that crazy about her. Meanwhile…

My guess is that a lot of these endorsements by moderate Republicans will be self-serving plays for cabinet roles, or lifeboats off the Republican Titanic, but... eh, I’ll take it,

I can’t get past that poster. “UC Los Angeles (UCLA).” The “UC Los Angeles” seems so gratuitous.

I take your wider point about the double standard, but as far as a “cool” female politicians people seem to lose their shit for Elizabeth Warren (I can’t stand that folksy populist shit myself). Closer to Hilary on the political spectrum, everybody seems to like Kirsten Gillibrand. I think she’s pretty “cool.” Not…

“Her guard tried to calm her down by bringing her a chicken dish.” This is very strange writing.

I’m going to be really pedantic and point out that Perot doesn’t have a “intense Texas drawl,” or any drawl rally, but the platonic ideal of a Texas twang. Two different accents.

SYMPATHIZE! You posted the definition of empathy preceded by the fact that “YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH,” hence you are sympathizing, not empathizing. Why is this so hard?

I think the African Chief saying “I pity the fool” like Mr. T in the trailer is probably just as, if not more, offensive than the slave stacking. Europeans are so tone deaf on this stuff.