Juliajms

That quote cracked me up. At least someone is having fun with it.

White nationalists. I can't believe it's come to this. Chris Christie has endorsed Trump. Is this real life? I'm hoping at the very least Rubio and Cruz can bleed Trump a bit. They are certainly trying their best. I'm back to being completely team HRC because I don't believe that Sanders can take on Trump. HRC knows how to take a punch and that's what it's going to take to go against Trump.

That's pretty funny. Trump was unfortunately the quickest wit on the stage as he always is at these things. I'll give him his due on that.

Watching this debate is so painful. Three alpha dogs barking and trying to rip each other apart. BC and JK may as well call it a day. This isn't the year of people trying to talk reasonably about ideas.

He's not, which seems to be the whole point. Some people are calling it a colonialist story and cultural approbation. I don't know what's really right in these circumstances. I'll watch and judge on the product.

Wonderful news. He has that certain something that makes me want to watch him. It's not just sex appeal either.

I don't think anyone suggested that we won WW2 on our own. Russia's part in that war is well known and accepted by pretty much everyone, but WW2 is our last clear victory. Being on the winning side makes it a victory, even if you have allies. WW2 is also the last war where we were clearly on the side of right. Since then we've been fighting proxy wars and trying to change regimes that we have no business trying to change. Now we're at it again in Syria, in the middle of a proxy war between Iran and the Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile our brilliant, never tried before plan to fight ISIS/ISIL is to arm and train rebels. I'll vote for whoever is ready to stop this nonsense.

Truly the tip of the iceberg. I like to read Noam Chomsky https://chomsky.info/articles/ and Arundhati Roy when I start to forget how much damage the American government does to people around the world, largely for corporate interests. Here is an interesting John Cusack wrote about a meeting between him AR, and John Snowden: http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33664-things-that-can-and-cannot-be-said-a-conversation-between-john-cusack-and-arundhati-roy I consider myself a patriot, but we have had and do have our fingers in so many pies it's not funny. Just look at the middle east, we destroyed Iraq with impunity. Not just physically. For all intents and purposes Iraq as a functioning nation no longer exists. Our wars there not only killed hundreds of thousands of civilians, but it reignited sectarian violence leading these people to slaughter each other. I won't say we are completely to blame for Syria, but we certainly played our part. Then you have idiots like Ted Cruz suggesting that we carpet bomb these people like it's nothing. The blatant disregard for human life is appalling. No thought of the babies that would be murdered in that kind of action, but he wants to control the reproductive choices of American women. F*ck you, Ted Cruz.

Last night was the first time in my life that chant scared me.

The thing about Trump is he's exposed this thread of nationalism and authoritarianism among Americans that I find surprising. I think is taken a lot of people by surprise. Trump is slightly hobbled by age, the trophy wives and the fact that he isn't the greatest speaker, as Soapsuds said. Now that we see this nationalist streak exists, I dread the rise of someone who leans in that direction, but isn't a buffoon. It's really sad how many people really don't understand that America isn't "losing". If anything we have disproportionate amount of power on the world stage and the last thing we need is a leader trying to hammer home the idea that we are entitled to it.

My favorite part was when Trump shouted out "I love the poorly educated." He got the same percent of voters with college degrees and Cruz and Rubio, but it was still a priceless line. I completely agree with this Vox analysis of who is really voting for Trump. http://www.vox.com/2016/2/23/11099644/trump-support-authoritarianism The short answer is those with authoritarian values and the fearful, it's a good read if you have time though.

I like Ana Navarro, even though she was a Bush supporter. She always seems reasonable to me. I also like S.E Cupp who looks like she's going to be a witch like Ann Coulter, but is overall pretty interesting and pleasant.

Even though this was a more relaxed episode I think it still helped to ramp up the long term drama. Now that these people are a family their lives become more precious to each other and (vicariously) to the viewer. I think that's especially true for Judith. We know Michonne lost one baby, so I'm both pleased and nervous about her becoming a mother to Judith. I like Jesus. I remember Tom Payne from Luck. He's a cutie and I think he'll be good in this role.

I like Bernie, but that is crazy. The way I see it the next president is mostly going to be playing defense anyway. Congress is completely hostile. I'm just hoping we can stop the Republicans from completely obliterating women's rights and trampling on the poor. That's why I'm not too fired up about which democrat wins. HRC and Bernie voted the same 94% of the time when they were in congress anyhow. If anything I'm hoping Bernie won't hang on too long when it becomes clear he won't win. HRC needs to save her money for the general election. People have been telling me since last fall he isn't a threat, yet here we are.

I take it Bush leaving the race mostly helps Rubio? I'll admit I felt a little bit sorry for Jeb through this. I thought he had a good chance when this whole thing started, which goes to show how out of touch I was with the average Republican. Is this really the party the GOP elite created? I'm not so sure. If it were wouldn't they be flocking to Rubio? If it is, I'd say Frankenstein has lost control of his monster and the villagers are f*cked. Here is a good piece on Trump by Ezra Klein. I think he makes some great points. http://www.vox.com/2016/2/10/10956978/donald-trump-terrifying

I agree this is terrible, but I don't think Sanders has said anything to encourage or condone this type of behavior. In that sense the candidate himself is different from Trump, even if he has also acquired some racist and sexist followers.

No need to worry Carl. Donald Trump is kicking ass and taking names. I'm so horrified by this turn of events. It's not even that I think he could truly win the white house. I'm just completely disturbed that so many people are voting for someone who outright said he would ban a particular religion. The very people who are constantly quoting the constitution when it comes to their gun rights. Add all the other horrifying things he's said and this is an incredibly disappointing result.

This cartoon made me laugh, especially the pope holding up the cross like he's confronting Satan. http://www.politico.com/gallery/2016/02/matt-wuerker-political-cartoons-february-2016-002194?slide=0

Yeah, that was a bad one for Sanders. Both these camps are having some trouble with their "surrogates". I like it better when they aren't attacking each other. Let the Republicans continue to destroy each other while looking completely unhinged, while Clinton and Sanders stay civil.

I enjoyed President Obama's press conference today. He really went in on the Republicans for being science deniers. Saying the American people are too sensible to elect Trump. Then pointing out that Rubio put forward an immigration bill and is now running away from it as fast as he can. If only he had named Rubio directly it would have been even better.

I think the first time Michonne held Judith is the most beautiful scene of the show. DG told us everything we needed to know about Michonne's backstory with the way she acted that scene. It was perfect.

I agree with you that there was a lot of material there and they could have slowed things down. In the beginning people were having a hard time keeping all of the characters straight, so maybe they didn't want to make the show even more dense, idk. As it turns out a lot of people are pretty obsessed with the show and they probably could have done more. I just wonder if they are going to get the cast to sign for season 8. So many of the actors are British and they are notorious for leaving popular shows for the sake of art.

I avoid info about the comics at all cost, but Jessica never felt like a true road block for Rick and Michonne. She felt temporary from jump. I also never felt Rick loved Jessica. Overall, I don't ship much on this show either, but I think eventually Rick will figure out that Michonne is supposed to be part of his family. It's just a natural fit. One thing that's unrealistic about this show is the lack of hook ups. People in this situation would be having a lot more casual sex. That's one reason I thought Shane and Andrea made sense. There would also be a lot more sexual assault going on when people get captured by the bad guys. I'm thankful they've spared us that, but it would definitely be a thing if society broke down. I guess they touched on it with Maggie and the governor.

Maybe BC is hoping to be VP or maybe it's just his ego.

I felt bad for Sam. He was just a scared little boy. Once Jessica saw him die horrifically it was a mercy she went too. A mercy for many viewers as well, I won't deny. They faked me out with Glen. I thought they were gave him back only to have him die right in front of Maggie. I'm glad that didn't happen. I like the doctor, I'm glad she managed to survive. Glad to see she's also getting stronger in terms of treating patients. I can't believe Rick trusted Gabriel with Judith. I must have missed what he did up to that point to earn that kind of second chance. In the end he did earn it I suppose.