The “dead girl or a live boy” threshold still stands for most conservatives.

Well, shit. This is disappointing to read. I was hoping this would become the one true adaptation. I am not a devotee of the CBC miniseries. While it was faithful in the essential ways, Anne is awkward AF in the books and Megan Follows was too poised, too polished and just too mature to really be Anne for me.

That’s probably why he went through his Christian phase. He read the writings of St. Paul and related to how unreasonable he was.

He’s been like this his whole adult life - wanting to resist adulation when it would be infinitely easier to be gracious about it or, at the very least, go with the flow.

My comment wasn’t about autism or what Paul might believe about autism.

This is the definition of evil - knowing better, knowing what you’re doing will harm people and not giving a single fuck anyway.

That percentage fits with other polls that reveal the seemingly incomprehensible in our fellow Americans.

They are the children of the 29% of Americans who still supported Nixon on the day he left the White House.

For real. I imagine him looking at the cover and saying, “Margaret? That’s a strange name for a man, but I like the way he thinks.”

During the Bush administration, where there was one corrupt connection after another (the false premise of the Iraq war, Abu Ghraib, Halliburton/KBR, Enron, the doxxing of Valerie Plame, etc.) either extensively reported in the media or eventually investigated by Congress. I was always thinking, “This is it. This is…

Yeah, his legacy is fucked. It will be distilled down to his actions against Clinton during the election season, how it inevitably put a thumb on the scale of the election, and the likely fallout of having Donald Trump as the President of the United States for four and, as painful as it is to write, possibly eight…

Almost every First Lady dating back to Lucy Hayes has had a policy issue they worked on.

Whenever the Trump administration attempts to normalize their corruption, I wish I could get Republicans to ask themselves, “How would I feel if Hillary Clinton did this?”

Question: Where are you getting your optimism for this? I am asking sincerely. Because I’d like to have it, too.

I agree wholeheartedly.

(“HAPPENED”. Christ. Sit down, motherfucker.)

My experience is close to yours (attended Catholic school K through 12) and evolution was unreservedly taught throughout.

I think you’re right. After the Michael Flynn debacle - where Pence was asked to put his personal credibility on the line to publicly defend Flynn and where those who asked him to do it knew that Flynn had actually done what he was accused of - I’m sure he is extremely cautious about what he gets trotted out for.

I think it has more to do with two things: 1. the timing of Pence being named as VP candidate and 2. Trump and Pence REALLY not liking each other during the campaign.

I think it accurately reflected Dietrich’s life which was, even by today’s standards, salacious.