In terms of foreign policy, he’s often acted unilaterally anyway.

They’re pretty chill about killing people tho.

She was a grandmother at 36? Damn.

I get your point, and yeah common ground and lowering the crazy cost of living are important. I think maybe you’re being downvoted because the Overton window has shifted so far to the right that these days, middle of the road is too far right for many people to be able to support.

Lol, remember the Muller report stuff? People are always hoping someone else will fix shit for them, or that the system works like they want it to.

Every now and then, when zeal comes upon them, my bosses email me a bunch of risk assessments and policy documents that have obviously been written by AI, probably just from one or two prompts. I have actual work to do, I don’t have time to be reading through that shit - so I get AI to summarise it for me.

For this we are boiling the oceans. Sometimes I think our species is just one big Darwin award waiting to happen.

Hmm. Yeah, when you put it that way I can see you’ve got a point. She’s in her early 60s so that’s on her side. And her husband is a known quantity - rightly or wrongly, people are going to assume she would be on a similar path in terms of perspectives and policies. Anyone who can get the Dem voters out. . . well, some people are better than others, but they’re all better than trump.

I’m not sure Michelle Obama would be an auto win. I’d like to think America is ready to elect a woman to the presidency, but I wouldn’t bet my savings on it.

What ad was this? I missed it!

Edit - never mind, I found it. Wow, what a wanker.

“It’s a fuckin tamagotchi.!”

I’d say the balance is more to the negative - I think people are more likely to comment on things they feel badly about than those they like or feel neutral.

Yeah, there’s no way one rich man should have so much geopolitical power.

Depends, does she weigh more than a duck?

Yeah, unfortunately I think that’s a fair assumption. I wouldn’t want a trump supporter around my kids - if I had any. I don’t think they forgive or overlook his sex crimes, I think they endorse them, maybe envy them.

By trump. In his muddy, nasty little mind.

“Grab them by the pussy. . .”

He admitted to being a sex offender before being elected. It didn’t matter to republicans then, and it won’t now. They’re twisted and depraved if they can continue to support him, with the constant drip drip of allegations. And what we hear about is going to be just the tip of an iceberg of abuse.

I’m not American.

Well I’ve actually been to China. Worked there for a bit, tho TBF it was a long time ago. I’ve spent time in a bunch of SE Asia countries. Sometimes travelling, usually working my way round and staying in one place long enough to get to know the town, the locals, learn a bit of the language, form friendships, the occasional relationship. Probably only 5 years total in Asia tho, which I’ll admit isn’t enough to be an expert. Did the same in some European countries - mostly Spain and France, tho a brief bit of Italy too. I don’t really have any contacts left in China but I’ve got mates in Thailand I hope to see again, and Vietnam. Also Cambodia, tho that can be a bit sketchy. Mind you, anywhere can be sketchy if you’re more curious than careful. And just to head you off - no, I’m not rich. In fact I’m borderline homeless. All you really need to do is raise the price of the flight, organise visas, try to find a job or a place to stay before you set off. It’s very doable for anyone who wants to try. So, no, I’m not paying for your ticket. Pay your own fuckin way and stop letting your opinions be governed by your lack of experience. You can do this if you put your mind to it, I did, and I’m not the smartest or strongest or whatever. You just have to do it.

Edit - thanks for the meme, that means a lot.

Where did I say that? I absolutely have a problem with it, this is why the American political system is so fucked. Shouldn’t have to choose between shit and shittier. The fuck happened to ‘the will of the people’?

I guess we have different definitions of ‘liberal’. IMO a right wing liberal is an oxymoron.