Oh, ugh, Maria.
I'm . . . happy, I guess? that the most Republican person I'm close to can't stand Trump. This may be the first presidential election she's gonna sit out in 36 years. So her FB feed has a lot of puppies and boats and I can go there without fear of rage blackouts.
And then there are the others, but screw 'em. I'm happy to defriend anyone who's not my big sis.
In non-election-related news, I got "exceeds expectations" on my yearly review yesterday. The three possibilities are needs improvement, satisfactory, or exceeds expectations, so I'm pretty happy. At my previous job, i singlehandedly saved a multimillion dollar contract that I wasn't even assigned to, and I still only got "satisfactory" that year, but I suspect they decided what they wanted to do with staff and rated accordingly instead of the other way around. While the nine months of unemployment sucked, I'm so much happier at my present job.
I have a few Trump lovers in my FB feed. I'm not going to bother to waste my time until after the conventions. See tag.
Clinton is going to clean the floor with Trump.
I don't know. I would think so when he hits a more diverse electorate in the general, but my gut says it's going to be close. A lot of people really hate Hillary and maybe that will get a lot of angry white guys to the polls.
Hard to see how he overcomes the electoral advantage Hillary has with a close race though.
Still don't know what to do about Muppet. At least I know the bridge situation will be relieved (a little, with a temporary) so that I can bite and talk without pain later today.
In the meantime, I'm working on my latest Udacity project, and trying to get my head around function closure. Which I am terrifying close to understanding.
Closures. Sounds like Javascript.
A lot of people really hate Hillary and maybe that will get a lot of angry white guys to the polls.
A lot of people ALSO really hate Trump, including his own party. Last night there was a LOT of talk about "Republicans for Hillary," the NotTrump movement, etc. And then you have people like my dad, who are horrifying misogynists and won't vote for Clinton, but also won't vote for Trump because he's the fucking devil.
I think it'll be a horrifically ugly campaign, but I really think Clinton's got this.
The only thing I don't get today is this outcry of shock/horror/whatever that Trump is now the de facto nominee.
Like, I slacked off on the exercise and also hit up the M&Ms too hard at the same time, and when my jeans were too tight...I WASN'T SHOCKED. Because I could see it coming.
Why is there ANY shock about Trump today? I for real don't get it. Everyone saw it coming.
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Also, *are* there any moderate Republican politicians left any more? Or are they all hiding out on an island together because they don't want to be associated with what their party has become?
There used to be moderate Republican politicians, right? I remember this. As recently as the 90s, I remember this. Bob Dole doesn't look so bad right now. Hell, *Reagan* doesn't look so bad right now (and it physically pains me to type that). Where is the island they all fled to?
