I've had people say it's a hardening, actually ~ US presidential election 2016 part 9/11 never forget

Fair points - I should have qualified that the right will only be irrelevant at the presidential level. R strength at the level of congressional districts will remain strong, and yes, the perpetually angered paleo-tariat can still cause plenty of mischief. It just won't include electing presidents.

Is there a precedent for one party or another maintaining a strong hold at the state level but incapable of getting one of their own elected president?

the Dems in the '80s.

but Along Came Bubba

btw alfred i'm dying at this shirt

http://skreened.com/render-product/e/t/c/etcjnowaaamkuiaaumyw/image.w335h380b3.jpg

I just hope you get a break.

It's a hurricane weekend. I think I shall go home and make an étouffée.

I love how unwilling the media is to call Pence the clear winner. Kaine was just awful.

I dunno about "awful"; he had way too many prepared talking points and was too fired up for his own good but I think he got the job done. That Hillary ad pretty much nailed it, IMO it's one of the most effective political ads I've seen in a long time

This reminds me a little of the 2012 Veep debate where pundits thought Ryan was good, and then the next few days were about all the lies he told

Obama's cautiously progressive

KA-BOOOOOM

it's over people

we finally killed him

Xpost weird thing to say when you shit your pants but aight

Obamacare will buy u new pants

first free phones, now free pants

when will these handouts end

2017 or so i hear

Part of it seems to be that the Trump campaign is rubbish at spin? It's all just disorganized lying, good for firing up a crowd or captivating the media, but bad at actually getting a point across. It's like when the 'deplorables' comment happened, and two days later the story was that Pence wouldn't call David Duke deplorable.

The most amazing thing about 'deplorables' still is how many people decided to make it a term of pride. Which I'm all "Hey, great job on owning yourself."

It's like watching a person piss on themselves, you tell them what they are doing, and they say, "Fuck yes I'm pissing on my shoes."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz6xpBBNjMY

this manages to mindblowingly offensive, even by O'Reilly standards:

https://twitter.com/blakehounshell/status/783688229753061377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

horrible

even by fox's standards, you would expect that everyone involved with creating and editing and airing that segment would be fired.

but i guess that would be the entire staff so...

let's hope they fire everyone and the show just ends

jesus fuck, what is wrong with people

I dunno what's more cringey, the racial humor or the intercut movie scenes

they're racist idiots xp

jesus

This makes me want to vomit. Nuke Republica.

Man named "Tucker" who frequently wears bowties pitches fit over Kaine saying "right-hand person."

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/10/he-men-of-fox-news

Tucker Carlson is such a clown shoes motherfucker

Be nice. People have said he's a low-T sufferer. I don't believe it, but I've heard people say it.

You're not going to get into all of that. You could, but you're going to be nice. Very nice.

In business news:
Ford chairman met with Trump over 'infuriating' Mexico comments

Mexico's Jose Cuervo delays IPO until after U.S. election

astonished by that o'reilly segment - couldn't even watch to the end. imagine being that smug and racist.

What happened? Didn't these people watch Mr Rogers? DIDN'T WE KNOCK THIS SHIT ON THE HEAD??

I feel really old some days when I think "If Fred Rogers were alive, children and society as a whole would be a lot better off"

I remember a time, whenever I heard some stat about the percentage of the population that was composed of sociopaths, I always thought, "That seems high. Where are these people?" Now I'm like, oh, okay, there they are.

I only got 22 seconds into that O'Reilly Factor clip before the first "what the FUCK" escaped my lips

dear god why did I keep watching this thing

"all in good fun" - is this ever used in a context where it's true?

tucker carlson is basically what college republicans aspire to be

he is actually three child republicans stuffed into a single suit

this is as good a place as any to mention that my wife had a conversation with elizabeth warren while doing the slow walk down the ramp next to each other to their Vegas flight yesterday morning. super friendly, flies coach.

xpost Wow, I can't believe they went there. All the way down, to Chinatown.

even the coverage calling out the segment is fucking terrible.

the talkingpointsmemo story's first sentence:

A segment that aired Monday on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" is making a lot [sic] people question if we're really in the year 2016 because of its tired depictions of Asian-Americans.

uh yeah, those depictions are very tired, that's the best way to put it

Yeah, they should freshen up those stereotypes! How lazy.

How long have Chinese people been living in America, have they only just moved there or something?

just under 200 years, very new arrivals

According to the book I just finished, 1493 by Charles Mann, some Chinese were living in Mexico from the early 1500s onwards. So, more like 500 years.

Man, fuck yooooooooou Fox News