The point that I don't hear discussed is this:

That's because it's nonsensical bullshit, just like every second word out of Ross Douthat's mouth. The Daily Show became a leftist politicized rant-fest because the Right had completely colonized the media. Apparently nobody remembers when Rush Limbaugh had a syndicated show on television, or back when Fox News was just another news network, but it happened during my adulthood. That the only comics on television are leftist comics has more to do with the fact that the Right does not now and never has had a sense of humor than some sort of "cultural orthodoxy" made up by Ross Douchehat to make some ridiculous point that has no basis in reality.

I mean, get a grip, yo. There were like a dozen inoffensive GOP nominees. The rabble blew them all out of the water, sometimes two or three at a time. The fact that so many of them threw their hat in the ring doesn't somehow confoozle people into voting against their desires. I'm with bfv on this one - a damn socialist came within shouting distance of being a major party candidate for president. Your political memory stretches all the way back to maybe GWB.

I watched hostages return from Iran as Reagan was sworn in. Your perspective is trumped.

(oh yes I did)