Right, but that all comes from upstream, with Conservative media (and politicians) focusing all their attention on “wedge issues” to distract their base from their ruinous fiscal policies, gutting the government services their base would benefit from to steal more wealth for the ultra wealthy.

Same. 8 was such a ridiculous clusterfuck of a film that I lost all interest in seeing 9.

To be fair, what did Obama do to deserve the prize? Maybe I missed something, but I remember literally laughing out loud when I first heard that news. Like, he won for campaigning on hope?