Jesus Christ, fucking Facebook. I am trying to be respectful of other people's opinions and get to actual facts and have, at least, polite discussions. But goddamn, it's difficult. And I just end up feeling depressed and drained.
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Watching the RNC. Melania Trump is going to speak tonight. Apparently they're counting on Trump's lovely family to bring in the suburban-mom vote.
The first speaker is one Willie Robertson, CEO of Duck Dynasty. I am having a hard time believing it, but there he is, with his unkempt beard and a flag headband. "No matter who you are, Donald Trump will have your back." [cheers and appaluse]
There are an awful lot of people in the crowd wearing sparkly flag outfits, and I saw one guy I swear is cosplaying Abe Lincoln.
I feel like I should run an intervention on you, Zen. But I'm guessing you're choosing to watch this of your own free wheel. I think I'll watch British Bake-Off videos on YouTube.
"If you're an average American and you feel like you've been forgotten by far away leaders, Donald Trump will be there for you."
"Donald Trump will always tell you the truth as he sees it." Implied but not said: those far-away leaders who've forgotten about you, ordinary hard-working Americans, they always lie to you.
Well, there you have it, that's why they're voting for him; they believe that.
Scott Baio will also be speaking, and I don't know why. They keep reminding people he's Chachi.
Thank you, Connie. I don't know how long I can stand it, but I really wanted to get a sense of why people want to vote for someone who is clearly, to me, a baboon in a bad wig.
I am watching, but on delay so I can fast forward through commercials, or stuff I just can't handle, like Donald.
Rick Perry says Making America great Again starts with taking care of our veterans! Wild applause. Here comes a veteran to speak. I don't mean to be petty, I swear, but he could have shaved and put on a tie. Is this a thing now? Dressing down at formal events to show you're not an elite liberal?
Ah, he is Marcus Luttrell, founder of the Lone Survivor Foundation. He is a former Navy Seal, Purple Heart, lone survivor of a Taliban firefight. It says on the screen there.
There is a whole section of people in cowboy hats. Straw ones, even.
Oh, wait, he's the one they made a movie about. That I didn't see. Sorry.
And Benghazi again.
Mother of attack victom on stage wailing How could Hillary do this to me? Crowd in tears. Holy crap.