the press in our country has a derangement. its dangerous.
"As President Donald Trump faces an uncertain future, so too does a fixture of the American political scene over the last five years: the Trump campaign rally, a phenomenon that has spawned friendships, businesses and a way of life for Trump’s most dedicated supporters."
"Some have attended so many rallies they’ve lost count, road-tripping from arena to arena like rock groupies. They come for the energy, the validation of being surrounded by like-minded people, the feeling of being part of something bigger than themselves."
"They are people like Cynthia Reidler, 55, who has been a Trump supporter since he announced his candidacy. She has been to nearly 20 Trump events, from rallies to Fourth of July celebrations on the National Mall."
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Right now all the Trump people are telling reporters about what their polling really looks like for their post-election stories. If history is any indicator (Romney, McCain) all the cable news bravado is total bull.
You’ll probably start seeing a turn late on Election Day, when the jig is almost up
Look for bs like “we knew this was a difficult environment for us...”
No political take I have gets people going like my admittedly unusual movie takes. I still haven’t done that Casablanca rewatch to see if my scorching hot “it’s ok I guess” take holds up.
So far the biggest movie I loathed that I think many like has been Amadeus. It seems people generally agreed with me that Chariots of Fire wasn’t great?
BTW I hate when I don’t like a classic movie and people insist it’s an age/context thing. No, if anything I tend to like a lot of movies from long before my time. But I like to assess a movie on it’s own, not because everyone says it’s good.
as someone who has had to watch a ton of these, trump is hooked on them. he gets such a high from it.
i dont think this is any kind of indication of how the race is going. trump just loves these. he lives for it. it completes him. think about it: he's a giant narcissist and he has arenas full of people - exposed to a virus - screaming for him. loves it!
ive said this before, but my whole problem with this argument is - black people, latino people, asian people - we all lost the factory jobs during globalization, and yet... we didnt go all racist. but its used as an excuse w white people.
What? Oh just compulsively checking on the early voting numbers and the latest tallies, like a crazy person.
“Ok well what if he gets PA but NOT Wisconsin but wins NE-2 and we don’t get Florida on Tuesday, do we still have a country? AND WHAT ABOUT TEXAS” - me fiddling with the interactive electoral map, again
“What do you mean there hasn’t been any fresh polling in [SWING STATE]? What are those assholes at Quinnipiac DOING TO MY LIFE?????”