I am not exaggerating when I say that reading this story caused me physical pain. washingtonpost.com/politics/undec…
“I’ll decide based on the debates,” said George Cottingham, a 25-year-old music production student in Racine, Wis. “I want to see a sense of purpose. I always can tell if someone’s competent by seeing how they present themselves.”
[receding scream as Dave self-defenestrates]
"The Boltzes, lifelong Republicans, want the debates to reveal what they say news coverage of the campaign has not: Who will address the cost of health care? Who will support protests for racial justice but stand firm against violence? Who can actually bring people together?" 😱
"Still, she likes the attention Trump pays to rural America and she thinks of him as someone who doesn’t flip-flop, who tells it like it is."
[runs, gibbering, into the ocean]
[rocks back & forth, sobbing quietly]
Uh, yes, "fiscal conservatism" has ALWAYS been oligarchic for the wealthy and racist for the base. It's always been a thin pretext for efforts to accrue political power. It's never been applied consistently or coherently.
It's always been bullshit. All of it.
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