munchiewoman

The problem I have is that of course Trump can be nice and normal. As a person having a private dinner. But what he projects on the world stage is an asshole bully. Knowing that it's all fake and manipulation only makes it worse. I remember telling someone back in 2015 that I hoped, I really hoped, that the persona trump was projecting was just to get the presidency but that he would be decent once he did. But I've he saw the post he had, he used it for evil. The fact that he can be decent only makes it worse, IMO. He's choosing to be this disgusting asshole. And Bill saying he couldn't have had this kind of conversation with Obama or Clinton? Really? The guy who sang amazing Grace and the guy who played sax on arsenio? Those guys?

This reminds me... Is Crenshaw REALLY thinking it's ok to dismiss the conservative, Republican bill on border safety because it was "done in the dark" and no one had read it? Seriously? Maybe ask the REPUBLICAN who wrote it. It's so incredibly disingenuous for someone who acts like he's such a straight talker.

When Crenshaw said that Trump had stated he's not involved with Project 2025, why didn't Bill push back on him the way he hammered Carville? Just a little, oh, and he never lies would have been enough for me. But he let Crenshaw say whatever he wanted. How can Crenshaw, a man who lost an eye in service, support Trump ever?? It boggles the mind. I wish they had had Buttigieg against Crenshaw. That would have been epic.

I'm just amazed that Sunny equated how much money a person's worth with how intelligent they are.

These people are really bad spies.

Just starting this episode but already I'm annoyed. Her backstory should be hard grained into her, not a talk as she's driving there. What she's studying should be REAL, she is actually studying it. Just because someone can take a beating doesn't mean they would be good for this act - she should be educated, sophisticated, TRAINED. And why are Joe and Nicole Kidman talking about secret stuff in a public place? Oh, and then she tells the guy outside that she can't talk about things on a public street. This kind of stuff really pulls me out of the story. And she pulls up to a very rich person's house and the guy asks if she has any bags and she says, "Just one. I can get it." Seriously, she's pretending to be rich. They wouldn't do that.

Ah, that makes more sense, I guess. Thank you. And I just realized Sophie was named after her because her refusal to let him on saved his life.

I didn't remember that he should have been on one of the flights. I thought maybe that was it, but it didn't make sense because they're trying to tell me he missed a flight and was still there when it went down? That makes NO sense whatsoever. Plus, these people all have money based on their lifestyle and Danny is going to try to sob story a COFFIN SALESWOMAN? Come ON! And Rome and Eddie... Asking someone to do something illegal loudly, in front of everyone? Seriously? They're not that stupid. Having said all that, I pretty much ugly cried all through this. Unlike some, I've always loved Gary. My cat was on my shoulder and I actually sobbed out loud when told Javi to have a beautiful life. My cat looked at me kind of alarmed. Poor Colin. Sniff.

I can handwave a lot of this but I cannot handwave getting into Camp David at any time, much less when the President is expected, riding in the fucking trunk. With the tried and true "Do you know who I am?" and "I'm going to go to your superior!" tropes. Which might work for a mall cop but not Camp David soldiers. If anything, that kind of anger should have tipped them off. They have to be well-trained enough not to fall for that nonsense. Overall slight and not that great, but I liked Peter better than most of you. It was entertaining. I wouldn't want to be anyone who knew Rose or Peter, because talking to them just got you killed. Anyone else have Jack and Rose flashbacks every time Peter said her name?

I say this as an atheist ...yes, why did they have to go there? I was hoping they would surprise me and he would be a good guy. Even a good guy who has resorted to cannibalism. That would have been intriguing. People do bad things when they're trying to survive. And then they made him truly evil and gross, and I was kind of disappointed. I hope on rewatch someday it'll be better, but it did feel like overkill. Even his intense desire for Ellie didn't feel real. But the acting, as usual, was amazing. Bella's fear and desperation, both for Joel and her own survival, really came through the screen.

I loved Adam's response to Alyssa saying she had a crush on him during his Idol time, which showed that it wasn't obvious he was gay. Yes, you can have a crush on a gay man. I also think the person who really should have come to mind is Clay Aiken when they were talking about it ... He didn't come out for quite a while after Idol. And I was a huge fan of his with my own crush, but I can't say I was shocked when he came out. I like Alyssa a million times more than her predecessor, but her pride in having turned her back on Trump finally does annoy me. She supported years of lies and basically attempted dictatorship. I mean, good, she finally wised up, but the insurrection wouldn't have happened if the entire Republican party hadn't chosen to support him and his lies and his undermining of democracy in the first place. Too little too late. I would love to hear her say she wished she had stopped supporting him sooner.

You know, if someone I care about gets T-boned by a drunk driver running a red light, and their bad heart gives out from the injuries in a way that a healthy heart might not have, I'm still going to blame that drunk driver, because that person could have lived for years and years with the bad heart. To dismiss a million deaths because a majority also had other health issues is horrifying to me. Even Bill called out the 99.5% good cop number. In any case, even if that number were accurate, does that mean the .5% don't matter? No. And very few people will say all cops are bad. Very very few people, even the "defund the police" people. They're saying the same thing Ruben said, that cops are being required to do more than serve and protect, they're supposed to be marriage counselors, welfare agents, therapists, mediators...all on comparatively very little training. We need to change the culture of policing in many ways.

Wow, someone who is not parroting Bill's anti-mask rhetoric. Thank you, Ruben, for actually saying that people who are not perfectly healthy don't deserve to die. And that a million people died even with all the precautions taken. If we saved 2 million people, isn't that a good thing?

My heart broke a little for Sara when Sunny said, "It's just a picture." No, Sunny, it's not to someone who is already stressed and struggling to deal with life. Well, it's not just a picture anyway - it's the picture and the personal note that some people like to do and addressing them all. It's time in an already full life. And no, she wasn't being a Scrooge when she was told to go REST by her husband, she was overwhelmed. Dismissing her stress and anxiety in that condescending way really pissed me off. And didn't she see Sara's guilty face? What kind of friend is she?

Those bastards killed Anacostia. But she went out as a complete badass as usual. It felt anticlimactic to me too. OMG, look, they're ... turning the sky yellow? Okay, the explanation was interesting, though Goddesses? Really? I know they'll just be called Goddesses, but still. Kind of glad Scylla didn't die. My money was on Gregorio, so I was also happy to see him survive.