I'll just leave this here:

[Mamajami]

We are witnessing the lights going out in that shiny city on a hill. It ended with the Reagan administration and Jimmy Carter was correct when he said that Reagan allowed people to feel comfortable with their prejudices. And it grew rapidly from "Welfare Queens" to "moochers" to law and order.

Here we are now, reliving the past and praying that we will be able to make a comfortable life for our children and grandchildren but knowing that it just going to be much more difficult after the fools allowed Donald Trump to be a candidate and then the GOP nominee. Win or lose, he as screwed us up for the next two generations.

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1. in a way it's a good thing. the right-wing has indeed been on a slow descent into darkness for years

perhaps donnie is doing us a favor by making it all obvious. he's not much different in substance or policy, but he is different in his complete lack of subtlety and his lack of discipline and self-control.

he just can't walk that fine line of dog-whistle racism, that carefully coded language that makes the bigots cheer but lets them skate by, having cleverly danced around more overt bigotry.

trump can't do that, and in that failing makes it plain to all what has happened starting with (at least) reagan.

people are finally seeing trump for what he is; hopefully they will see the republican party for it as well.

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. Thanks, Obama!

Do you see now why they don't like "community organizers"?

Our next president is a community organizer, as well. And a damn good one, at that.

[brush]

2. Nah, his loss will be a big help, a resounding pushback . . .

and defeat for the crazies, the mysogynists, the alt right racists, the celebrators of stupidity, the know-it-alls who know nothing because they don't value study, and on and on and on.

He will have done us a huge favor, and stunted the repug party too while he's at it.