Well, I figured she was more electable than Bernie, and I felt (and still feel) that Bernie’s contempt for partisan politics would hamstring him when he was in a position in which he’d need to exploit it to get anything done. I’m personally very skeptical of the “blow up the system” type argument that Bernie kinda ran…

Well, because the alternative was a single payer system in which the government makes the rules because it’s funding it, but apparently some people on the right weren’t comfortable with that . . .

Huh. Yeah, I have a positive personal impression of Uncle Joe but I found the idea of him running for president in 2016 kind of ridiculous.

Well, okay, but yeah, I do have to open the caps and smell them to know which I’m buying.

Well, okay, but yeah, I do have to open the caps and smell them to know which I’m buying.

Some of the commentary is pretty sassy and may be offensive to the advertisers.

Some of the commentary is pretty sassy and may be offensive to the advertisers.

Dear Amazon:

Dear Amazon:

But even then, it’s stupid. I mean, I always buy Tide detergent because, whatever, I can’t be bothered to actually learn about different detergents, but there are approximately 471,261 varieties of Tide at the grocery store, how would the button know what kind I want? (Even I don’t know, until I sniff the different…

But even then, it’s stupid. I mean, I always buy Tide detergent because, whatever, I can’t be bothered to actually…

Because you want to pay for and store laundry detergent you ordered by accident, I guess?

Because you want to pay for and store laundry detergent you ordered by accident, I guess?

Weird how he reverted to form.

He’s always going to be under that cloud, but he can’t accept that.

Eh, the Founding Fathers welcomed the Marquis de Lafayette.

I’m pretty surprised they weren’t more loyal to her.

Huh, that was not my experience in state politics.

Gonna hazard a guess that it smells less like farts.

The Democratic party was until very recently pushing an economic agenda that was actually to the right of what was achieved during the Reagan years.

Yeah it seems like actual handwritten letters would make an extra impression.

Clinton’s acts of treason

I can recommend this. I called my legislators three times this week. It felt good. Apparently phone calls make more of an impression than paper letters (and obviously much more than emails).

I oppose this.

Uh-huh. And yet I’m not making excuses to avoid defending the things I have said.