I don’t have a super strong opinion about this. The study may very well be correct, but I’m also aware that studies like that tend to get twisted a bit when reported in popular press (such as pop psychology magazines). But anyway that wasn’t really the point.

It’s a far right website best known for extreme racism and pushing the Iraq war. Part of researching this should include researching and evaluating the source. Just saying.

Whether this is true or not, you’ve hurt your credibility by linking National Review. Come on, dude. 

Mostly amused and enjoying your exile from politics.

Your repeated, greyed out comments to me elsewhere say otherwise! I think I have a stalker!

Anyway, I’m not trying to burnish my own ego here. If my opinion truly does not matter to you or anyone else (I guess you could say you don’t...care about it?) you would not continue to reply. So it definitely matters at least…

It’s pretty astounding. Say what you will about her, AOC has done more to invigorate the party at a low point than almost any other Dem. (Among some leftists this is actually a point of contention - not for me, but definitely for some.) Here in NY she’s practically a folk hero and has gotten a lot of people interested…

You seem to care an awful lot about it! Maybe you should work through your own issues a little. I would suggest anger management classes, but I realize an unemployed congressional staffer may not have the means for that at the moment. 

Oh dear lord. The worst part of that might honestly be saying that Fyre Festival wasn’t funny. Yes it fucking was. 

You seem mad.

Since you’re apparently a racist too (the “loud” thing was kind of a tip-off, but hey, I like to be sure) I’ll just say again that if the DSA had even the slightest part in your being shitcanned from Congress, I’ll consider that worth my membership all on its own.

Also, learn the difference between “liberal” and…

I’m simply being polite. But I would have to say, when I think about the time I spent campaigning for AOC, and that it probably put some Veep-style idiots like you out of a job....well, let’s just say it does make me feel all fuzzy inside.

Good luck at the unemployment line, bud. 

Given that you seem to think DSA is the reason the party can’t win swing districts, you’re probably exactly the type of person who shouldn’t be working in Congress. So if DSA did somehow contribute to your job loss I’ll still call that a win.

We’ve got at least a couple members who are elected to the U.S. Congress. I think we’re doing okay.

I’m a member of a socialist organization. Regardless of “intelligence,” no leftist I know likes Clinton and the idea that we would give a shit about James Carville is laughable. 

His post-presidency is the only real reason I feel conflicted about him. He seems like he is aware he did some awful things as president and is genuinely trying to do real good in the world to atone for it. (Unlike Clinton, the Bushes, etc who just form ineffective foundations to burnish their legacies.) The day he…

Imagine thinking the guy mainly responsible for helping elect a neoliberal, center-right corporate stooge (and alleged rapist) is a favorite of the “left.” 

How many of them committed war crimes responsible for over a million deaths?

1) they will absolutely acknowledge and be chummy with him. 

Lol dude, who even cares about people being insufficiently polite to Obama. He and Bush are both war criminals. I would tell both that to their faces if I could. Fuck this civility shit. Genuinely mad people deserve scorn, simple.