Remember the Dream Job reality show, where the winner got to be a Sportscenter anchor? (Ultimately for a very short time, IIRC.) I said at the time that the whole point of that was to show the current anchors that they were easily replaceable. I think Lebatard’s point speaks to that.

White guys are why black and Hispanic voter turnout was down? White guys are why Trump lost no support among women compared to Romney? White guys are why Clinton didn’t make a single campaign stop in Wisconsin?

Both that episode of television and the commenters here getting weepy over it exemplify why the Democrats keep losing.

Ah, the exact cultural mindset that contributed to this loss. Brilliant.

Again, the comments here just reflect no understanding of the actual coalition that brought Obama his two victories. Nor do they reflect the actual racial dynamics of this election - that Trump easily eclipsed Romney’s share of the Hispanic American vote, that fully one third of the Hispanic American vote when to him,…

Uh, dude, one third of Obama voters were white people without college degrees. Obama had to win a substantial portion of those voters or he never would have been president. The math simply doesn’t work otherwise.

It’s incredible how many commenters here simply do not understand the Obama coalition they think they’re endorsing. You guys: fully one third of the voters who elected Obama in 2012 were white voters without a college education. The white working class isn’t the enemy of the Obama coalition; that portion white working…

Indeed, it’s the only way to win - a third of Obama voters in 2012 were white voters without college degrees. They’re an essential part of the Obama coalition and there’s essentially no chance of Democrat victory without them, especially because growing Hispanic populations are heavily concentrated in states that are…

In an election that was always about populist discontent, the Democrats nominated a technocratic insider and millionaire and ran a campaign based on celebrities and slick online presence. That was just a huge mistake. It resulted in much lower turnout that cost Clinton in states Democrats have traditionally won.

Any non-Trump Republican in 2020 stands a really strong chance of winning the presidency.

you’re doing exactly what this post criticizes right now

Are the protesters who are risking their lives at the Dakota Access Pipeline - who are, let’s be clear, overwhelming people of color - privileged, Madeleine?

And yet, somehow, somebody thought this was a good idea.

Professional writers (like me) tend to have some anxiety about the profession because it’s something that everybody thinks they can do. So you get a lot of people kind of policing entry out of that insecurity.

Both Republicans and Democrats have become a complete parody of themselves this election - an unrepentantly racist, nativist, proto-fascist army of gullible mooks who take legitimate reasons for anger and bend them into the most inane and bigoted grievances imaginable, and endlessly snobby corporate limousine liberals…

Of course, there’s far, far more people in the country who see “bro” as a beloved term of endearment than as a dog whistle of disgust for overeducated urbanites who are marinated in the internet, so politically, it might be a good move. Details!

It’s become cool among professional writers to make fun of NaNoWriMo. Don’t listen. Have fun.

Elfrid Payton seems harsh.

counterpoint: it’s all shitty

Could I play it with my NES-modded-to-USB controller?