"…are fighting not so much a candidate or a party…but the entire world and course of history."

NAFTA most certainly wasn't a mistake. The mistake was the over-promising the Clinton administration engaged in to sell it to the public, and the fact that they didn't do the job they should've in taking care of adversely affected workers. Open trade policy creates winners and losers. That's the way it is, and it…

I really do hope that Democrats pick up the mantle of trying to stand up for white working class voters again. They tend to do it implicitly and Sanders made more of a run for it this election than many have in the past. Some of it I guess is their realization that expanding their base to include minorities was more…

All of his films have their high points and low points. I think you'll find moments and very effective filmmaking in each of his films right alongside his infamous juvenility. He doesn't play fair with facts. I won't repeat all the other criticisms, because they're generally right. I don't think we should understate…

You're using the benefit of hindsight to cloud your analysis. She was senator of New York barely a year after 9/11 (was it even a year?). Public opinion nationally was also strongly in support of the war. Media was pushing it. And people generally had pretty good faith in Bush's decision making (look at his approval…

They can be exacerbated by economic anxiety for sure, but I just want to say can we sum it up as the determinant. I come from one of those dying all-white rural communities myself, so I know firsthand plenty of struggling Clinton supporters and thriving Trump supporters in that town, and my (non-scientific anecdotal)…

I know many, one of whom voted for Obama in '08 to save the world from Palin, and none of whom have anything in particular to gain by telling their friends they aren't supporting the Republican candidate. They're goddamned patriots is what they are, and they have my undying respect for rising above partisanship. If…

It's the social conservatism, unfortunately. Our politicians need to accept the warm embrace of Jesus. Even if that means they're also abject racists.

I was once on an episode of On Point, and your assessment of me is…well, on point.

The criteria was just that they answered as "undecided" in one of the polls. But you're right, that could definitely be—and mostly likely is—one of those Clinton/3rd party voters. My understanding is that Muslims voted for Bush back in 2000 due to their social conservatism, so I could understand why they might be…

O'Neal hit the jackpot of all jackpots with "6 Celebrities Who Have Suffered Head Trauma That Support Donald Trump."

You're right, but I think the boneheadedness comes from the line "minimizing job loss for coal workers." You can still show concern for coal workers by investing heavily in job retraining programs for disaffected workers and by focusing aid to economic regions heavily dependent on coal mining. But to think that we can…

Exactly. Way too many letters in that Greek last name.

Yeah, I get the strategy but he took it over the top. They knew Hillary as a woman won't get to act aggressively in any of her debates, so it was all on Kaine to play that card. Unfortunately he's too much of a sweetheart for that and seemed pretty uncomfortable with that role.

Yeah, can't find any sources to back that up. Oh well, it was worth a shot.

I'm imaging Pence without shins and I like it

I'm gonna enjoy the hell out of Trump supporters calling Kaine rude for interrupting when that's literally been the debate strategy of their guy for over a year now. Like, do these hilarious cognitive dissonances need to be pointed out?

"I need to show concern. Let me just furrow my eyebrows for 90 minutes straight."

I imagine Kellyanne Conway walking around the office with a manilla folder labelled "The I-Know-You-Are-But-What-Am-I Strategy."

What numbers and by whom?