Chuckie Finster

these no longer exist

"Trump was a Democrat then."

*Athletic Director promotes his school's biggest rivalry game* SEC fans:

To put it all in perspective, George Floyd was murdered THIS WEEK in 2020. A shit ton can and will happen between now and November.

“Biden is no different than Trump when it comes to Israel!!!!!!”

Don't think there's any question, and it worked exactly as he intended.

Poll nerds will tell you to ignore crosstabs, then go on CNN and devote entire segments to them.

Pretty much every good teacher could easily find work that pays better and with less stress outside the classroom. The current government of Texas is basically begging this to happen.

Forming a "maternal mortality committee" ... definite sign of a healthy country.

Baseball version of:

Hell of a time to have my oldest just finish kindergarten.

holy shit

After agreeing to a new contract extension at Nebraska last summer through 2031 with an annual salary of $1.7 million, Alberts is expected to make at least $2 million annually at A&M. Per the Lincoln Journal Star, Alberts' current buyout would be $4.12 million. https://www.si.com/college/tamu/news/texas-a-m-aggies-officially-hires-nebraskas-trev-alberts-as-new-athletic-director

I understand the media that you consume is making it appear this way, but Gaza is not close to a top priority among voters. It might be the straw that breaks the camel’s back, but it is not responsible for any cratering of enthusiasm.

Pinning Kamala's unpopularity on Biden is a new one.

From your article: "He's going into this thinking, 'I want to find a running mate I can turn things over to after four years but if that's not possible or doesn't happen then I'll run for re-election.' But he's not going to publicly make a one term pledge," another adviser told Politico.

There was no secret bullet. Biden is old, sure, but every other candidate has something that would have been their "thing" as well. Hoping that rust belters suddenly become cool with the governor of California isn't nearly enough to give up the incumbency advantage.

"Yeah, I mean Trump sucks but it's better than everything that's going on with Biden" - direct quote from a 20-something family member who was absolutely incapable of elaborating in any sort of intelligent way. This is the median voter.

i think there's room for improvement, but I think the biggest issue is that we live in a country that cares about vibes over facts. How do you communicate a message to a person who has absolutely no interest in hearing it?

The out of nowhere decision to call for a debate combined with this weird press conference outside the Trump trial has me convinced that Joe's internal numbers match the external ones.

Agree, and there are plenty of Trump voters who are exemplary in that arena, as uncomfortable and contradicting as it may seem. i think this is basically the entire premise of "The Zone of Interest." Obviously the main characters in that movie were legitimately running Auschwitz so not comparing apples to apples here, but there were absolutely individuals in Germany who checked all the boxes of a stereotypical "good" person (helped families in need, rescued stray animals, donated blood).... and also voted for Hitler. I'm in no way saying those are "good" people, but I think painting a caricature of "evil" oversimplifies the situation to a dangerous degree. To be very clear, I'm in no way trying to defend a Trump (or Hitler) vote, nor the people who cast them. And I'm sure there will be replies that state that a vote for Trump outweighs any other good deeds a person may do, which is probably something I agree with more than I don't. These are merely the confused ramblings of a man who is trying to understand how most of the people who he loves most in the world are able to see the world so differently.

This is something I've really grappled with over the last year or two. I think there's a desire to create simple "good" and "bad" labels for everyone and it's just not that simple. I have friends who would drop everything at a moment's notice to help me, no questions asked. They are generous, donate to charities, and are raising what seem to be solid, well-adjusted children. They are also almost assuredly voting for Trump. Does this make them "bad?" My parents would give up their lives in a second for those that they love. The household we grew up in was full of warmth and love and is the example I am trying to replicate for my family. They are also almost assuredly voting for Trump. Does this make them "bad?" I have brilliant co-workers who are phenomenal at building up a team, always make sure to share credit, and thrive in a culturally diverse work environment. They are also almost assuredly voting for Trump. Does this make them "bad?" Meanwhile, I know plenty of rude, self-centered Biden-voters who couldn't care less about those around them and take no responsibility for their actions. Just because they pull the same lever as me in November, does that make them "good?" The closest rationalization I've been able to conclude is that some people are able to treat politics kind of like sports. There's a team they root for and they'll continue to root for that team, regardless of the players involved. I obviously don't agree with this and wish they saw what I see, but simply labeling all Trump voters as bad people oversimplifies the issue to a degree that ensures it will never get fixed. But... on the other hand, how can a "good" person look at Trump and not be immediately repulsed? Even given what I said in the paragraph above, this still seems unbelievable to me. I don't have a solution, just a rant from someone who has struggled with this since he realized that the list of people who my wife and I would trust to raise our children if something happened to us is almost exclusively comprised of (likely?) Trump voters.

More like, of course aggy is able to take a last name that is basically built for generating an easy nickname and turn it sexual. There are just an endless number of options to work with and they settle on "lol kinda like big penis, get it???"