Mother, mother, mother - there's too many of you crying.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

It's just more of the Trump Shitshow. Did you expect something else? Did we all assume this would be like the Ford Administration?

I did assume that. I guess I let myself get fooled by the people who posted here back in the fall that Trump, while unpredictable, would be almost completely reigned in by his cadre of seasoned moderate political advisors, who would prevent this administration from devolving into a daily fucking inside out clown car. But you know what they say . . . . fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice and I'm going to fucking stab you in the eye. Because you shouldn't be fooling me so much.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

But you know what they say . . . . fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice and I'm going to fucking stab you in the eye. Because you shouldn't be fooling me so much.

Speaking of which, tomorrow's David Brooks column:

[SEC_Chick]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

While loopy, this tends to put your view of the criminality of Hillary's email server arrangements in a somewhat better light. Not good, but better.

I'll still throw down on the criminality of Hillary's email, but my friend's dad literally spent 9 months in solitary confinement for doing far less than Hillary (or either of the Donalds Trump).

[Tyrone Slothrop]

If Christie were the Attorney General, would he have to recuse from a prosecution of Jared, or could he be first chair?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

If Christie were the Attorney General, would he have to recuse from a prosecution of Jared, or could he be first chair?

Flyover Land, Where They Don't Care. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKBN19X2TN

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by SEC_Chick

I'll still throw down on the criminality of Hillary's email, but my friend's dad literally spent 9 months in solitary confinement for doing far less than Hillary (or either of the Donalds Trump).

Wait, how was solitary part of the sentence, and what did he do to merit it? I sense a colorful story here.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Flyover Land, Where They Don't Care. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKBN19X2TN

I find the sudden plethora of "Jay-walking" articles about Trump supporters kind of bizarre. Still waiting to see some of the idiots I grew up with taking a break from their landscaping jobs and Italian lunch meats to answer some cub reporters' questions.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Flyover Land, Where They Don't Care. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKBN19X2TN

Wait, you think it only matters if it convinces his most ardent supporters?? You know that's not how politics works, right?

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

This is a carnival show. Just like HRC's emails.

I know you're trying your best to troll, but at a certain point you just look fucking stupid.

TM

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Flyover Land, Where They Don't Care. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKBN19X2TN

You should move there. You could be their dumbass king.

TM

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

You should move there. You could be their dumbass king.

TM

I'm telling you you're in a bubble.

Your hair remains on fire, you wonder how your message doesn't win elections. That article explains why. Ohio is a microcosm of the country.

You just don't get it.

But yes -- I like reminding you of that.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Flyover Land, Where They Don't Care. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKBN19X2TN

How odd. The article says that 76% of the county voted for Trump, but every single voter quoted in the story is a Trump supporter. It's almost as if the reporter went looking for them.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Adder

You know that's not how politics works, right?

I know you're trying your best to troll, but at a certain point you just sound sanctimonious.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

I'm telling you you're in a bubble.

Your hair remains on fire, you wonder how your message doesn't win elections. That article explains why. Ohio is a microcosm of the country.

You just don't get it.

But yes -- I like reminding you of that.

You are an imbecile. You think you're informing me that there are idiots out there who will believe ridiculous shit. If you think you're passing along news, you are in a bubble of your own creation. Everyone knows this shit.

Not only that, but this constant refrain that people who live in cities, who are well informed, and who share space with tons of different types of people with all sorts of experiences and opinions (from far right to far left) are the ones who live in a bubble (as opposed to the undereducated, misinformed, small town or rural, small-minded assholes whose only debate with the strictly white people they've known their whole lives is whether Trump is a great President or the greatest President) is beyond fucking stupid.

You can keep telling everyone they don't get it, but at some point you have to realize that the minute you turn your back, everyone is laughing at you.

TM

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

I'm telling you you're in a bubble.

Your hair remains on fire, you wonder how your message doesn't win elections. That article explains why. Ohio is a microcosm of the country.

You just don't get it.

But yes -- I like reminding you of that.

OMG, now you're going Charles Murray on us.

I grew up in the bubble that is rural America. A "bubble" occurs when one is not being open to ideas or to experiences that are unfamiliar. Bubbles are places where there is xenophobia and intolerance for others. The general sense that food might be better someplace other than Applebees or that it's worth actually reviewing a few facts instead of spouting Foxified platitudes is not living in a bubble.

The fact that I make fun of half-wit relatives who have never managed to see the Ocean while living five hours from it is not a bubble.

You do realize Murray is a buffoon? He's the Jeff Lord of the Harvard Faculty, who only has a job their because they needed a token conservative no matter how dumb?