I am not exaggerating when I say that reading this story caused me physical pain. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/undecided-voters-2020-presidential-debates/2020/09/27/0911c650-fd9e-11ea-8d05-9beaaa91c71f_story.html?wpisrc=nl_politics">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...

“I’ll decide based on the debates,” said George Cottingham, a 25-year-old music production student in Racine, Wis. “I want to see a sense of purpose. I always can tell if someone’s competent by seeing how they present themselves.”

[receding scream as Dave self-defenestrates]

"The Boltzes, lifelong Republicans, want the debates to reveal what they say news coverage of the campaign has not: Who will address the cost of health care? Who will support protests for racial justice but stand firm against violence? Who can actually bring people together?" https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😱" title="Vor Angst schreiendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Vor Angst schreiendes Gesicht">

"Still, she likes the attention Trump pays to rural America and she thinks of him as someone who doesn’t flip-flop, who tells it like it is."

[runs, gibbering, into the ocean]

[rocks back & forth, sobbing quietly]

Uh, yes, "fiscal conservatism" has ALWAYS been oligarchic for the wealthy and racist for the base. It& #39;s always been a thin pretext for efforts to accrue political power. It& #39;s never been applied consistently or coherently.

It& #39;s always been bullshit. All of it.