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Nope. I do blame the author for making a series of mistakes that put him in this position. But I can sympathize that his efforts to repair the damage he’s done are stymied by a messed up system.

I fear that the author’s acknowledged mistakes will make most people unsympathetic to his tale. For some reason, we expect that anyone who dares to speak out against an unfair system be beyond reproach.

“I knew a person who had it hard and persevered, so your hardship means nothing!”

It’s kinda like when you have to put a jigsaw puzzle together without the box to guide you. It’s pretty obvious when you complete the puzzle that you’ve figured out the picture, and you don’t really need to the box at that point to confirm that you did it right, but if it happens to turn up, it doesn’t hurt, either.

I mean, we had plenty of reasons already to see him as evil, but this is blatant, overt, generational evil for short-term gain. This policy grew to imprison millions, entrench long-term poverty for multiple generations, justify all manner of state-sponsored evil committed against ordinary citizens ...

Funny how misogyny and racism so often go hand-in-hand. Almost like there’s a root psychology that the two attitudes share ...

I want him to be transformed into a bridge. A specific bridge that I drive over every day when I commute to work. I want him to be that bridge.

JFK: First Catholic president

Good lord, Trump/Hogan makes almost too much sense for it not to happen. That is truly a frightening idea.

True, but if he wants to win in November, he needs to expand his base to include at least some people who don’t want a wackadoo in the White House. He needs to appear “presidential” to some degree. I don’t think he can pull it off.

Because every time one of his businesses tanks, the government allows him to wave a magic wand and pretend he hasn’t accrued any debt. If you and I had that kind of magic wand, we’d probably be billionaires, too.

This is true in many walks of life, especially politics. The good work that makes a company/governmental body/nonprofit succeed often has no link to what helps an individual get ahead. The people who get promoted/elected/etc. are rarely the ones who’ve devoted their time to being qualified for the position – they’re…

Exactly. He’s been promising for a while that he’s going to dial back the zaniest parts of his campaign once he clinches the nomination. I doubt that he’s actually capable of such restraint, and this would be a great way to ensure that he doesn’t.

Would be interesting if a series of Democratic leaders and elder statesmen/stateswomen were to take turns trying to get Trump to lose his shit. Shouldn’t be hard. In a couple weeks, have Al Gore take some potshots. After that, Kirsten Gillibrand, Jerry Brown, Howard Dean, Dick Gephardt, Jesse Jackson, Nancy Pelosi,…

Agreed, but I was reluctant to make that point on a Gilmore Girls thread for fear that I’d be chased off the Internet.

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#Priorities

Seems like they could at least work in a phone call scene and just have her make a voice appearance. Would be better than nothing and take virtually none of her time.

Sincere question, because I can’t decide: Who’s a bigger star, Bradley Cooper or Melissa McCarthy? They’ve both had big hits and bombs at the box office. About equivalent then?