Bernie never helped destroy several countries.

“Take ANY one or two of these factors away and she would be president.”

I wholeheartedly agree.

Way left? The Democrats are centre right (at best). Supporting things like universal healthcare and free college is the centre left position for much of the world. Was Bernie Sanders advocating the dissolution of the State and workers seizing the means of production? Of course not.

Given how far right the GOP have gone, trying to play for the center or “moderate republicans” is suicide for Democrat politicians, unless they want to just replace the old GOP.

“she hopes to continue being a figure in American politics”

Centrists can be zealots too, despite what they seem to believe.

Caring about party loyalty more than the country: A brilliant strategy.

And you guys are? Seems hardly an article goes by without people calling out “Berniebros” and third party voters. Way to reach across the isle.

All the Martells have done since they were introduced is fail fucking miserably at every single thing they do, in incredibly dumb ways. Really shows the pedestal people put the books on.

How easily book fans forget Tyrion charging into battle on a horse and somehow killing dozens of men despite no training at arms whatsoever.

If Benioff and Weiss don’t get the real stakes of the series, why have they devoted approximately 10 times more screentime to the Others/White Walkers than GRRM himself?

A-men brother. People have been faaaar to harsh on this season. A lot of it is exactly the kind of bullshit bad faith criticism you describe: book fanatics with an axe to grind who’ve hated the show years ago because it’s not being written by The God himself. I can only hope that in a few years a lot of the sillier…