I mean, probably deserves its own thread instead of all the random ones we've been posting on various other things.
Can I just say what a great breath of fresh air the last few weeks have been in politics? Like there we were all walking around with malaise, and suddenly everyone seems hopeful again that things won't be as terrible as we thought they would be just a month or two ago. Like, had I ever heard of Tim Walz a month ago? Nope. Did I imagine everyone would pivot to Kamala Harris so quickly? Also nope.
Absolutely wild that when people actually get the kind of candidates they want, they get so enthusiastic about not just voting for the same old crap, isn't it? And yeah if anything definitely proves that American elections are far too long- even if we'd done a 1+ year primary I doubt people would be as enthusiastic about Harris because that shit is just exhausting. It's arguably not ideal in the sense that I don't know her policy positions in as good detail as if there was a primary... but I also don't know how much her plan on, say, educational reform matters much in this election, you know?
Also, damn has Trump aged so much now by comparison alone. Heard his interview a bit with Elon Musk yesterday because Floris was playing it, and I was struck by how the dude definitely had a lisp- not a huge one, but a "when my grandma didn't have her dentures in" one. Not sure what that was indicative of, but it does make me wonder if he's not campaigning much for a bigger reason.