They only need to last 3.5 years, right?

I am not so afraid of Trumps economic policies. I doubt the tax rules he wants to implement will occur, the TPP was bad, and NAFTA will remain (it cannot be undone). I’m not so sure he can really do anything to stop the steady drum towards renewable energy. His environmental policy will be bad, but it will take at…

I think this election was a massive wake up call to the gawker media writers. One can hope that instead of a Skinner “no it’s the children who are wrong” moment, they realize “no, it was I who was wrong and must change”. Not wrong about supporting Clinton, but wrong in how they go about it, how they report news, how…

It will certainly help. How many trump voters actually trusted / believed in what CNN was saying (for example)? I didn’t vote for trump and even I didn’t believe anything CNN said. And I was right not to! They had reporters literally helping Hillary by planting stories, and a staff member leaking questions! Hard…

The issue hasn’t really been one of seeking out ideological diversity so much as purposefully restricting it.

At least he’s actually right this time. Main stream media (NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, NYT, WaPo) is basically just a giant echo chamber where they all have the same views and talking points. Having real, actual diversity of viewpoints and backgrounds would be a dramatic change for them, and likely be to the betterment of…

I view the primary process as set up by the DNC to get them the candidate they wanted. Many primary registration deadlines were before the first debate, making it difficult for new voters to register (unlike the general, which is generally easier to register for). I also happen to think that the DNC actively reduced…

Where the f*ck was this Hillary pre-election? That was a great speech. She should have given something similar about 2 weeks ago. Jeeze.

And now the self reflection can begin. Let us return bigger, better, and stronger. ‘MERICA. Warren 2020!

I think Bernie was speaking to those hearts when he talked about turning down the TPP, about reigning in wall street, etc. He’d have gotten a lot more enthusiasm out of Dem voters too (including myself). I think Kaine was a meh choice, considering that Bernie would have helped in Michigan and Wisconsin.

It’s pretty easy to change from “You’re a misogynist” to “Those words are misogynistic” and “You’re a racist” to “That’s a pretty racist thing to say” There is a difference. You don’t have to let them get away with saying horrible shit. Call people out if you hear it. But if you want to convince people to change…

Maturity like Obama in 2008?

I agree with that second half, I think that’s a big part of the support Bernie had. When Hillary couldn’t just come out and say she would not approve the TPP in any form... jeeze. The tea leaves weren’t hard to read on that one.

You can tell them the truth without calling them racist or ignorant or mysoginistic! Some of them certainly are, but you don’t need to say it!

He did to Hispanics for sure, as a group (particularly immigrants). He essentially threw that vote away (and amazingly did better with them than Romney!).

He did insulting things (I would describe saying “grab her by the pussy” as an insulting thing, for example), but he did not insult them (You are stupid. You are *insert terrible insult equivalent to racist*). There is a difference. People in this country will overlook actions, they’ve done it for decades.

I don’t think he insulted them directly, and I think that’s the difference. People will pass off actions against others, it’s just what people do.

I don’t think Comey would have said anything about Bernie. He didn’t even say anything about Clinton except don’t charge her. Comey didn’t make the emails from a private server appear. All Clinton had to do was use a government server. It isn’t hard, everyone else at the gov’t does it. She just wanted to avoid…

She should have made Bernie her VP

Insulting your opponents worked really, really well this time around. I’m sure it’ll keep working. Jeeze.