Reply #5: There's a tiresome and perverse dislike of prettiness among intellectuals

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The assumption is that anyone good-looking is obviously an airhead and doesn't really deserve his/her success. Couple this with the feeling that by going with telegenic personalities one is somehow cheating, and we paint ourselves into a classic corner of self-defeat. Too many on the left want to win because of the correctness of their cause and the sense of their arguments, whereas the right knows the score: win, period.

Sadly, the base on the right seems to want it more, and that's something I have a hard time coming to grips with.

This election was the triumph of hatred: exit polling confirms that the number one issue was the desire to subjugate homosexuals; it's not a good day for the country. We've shown ourselves to be more motivated by bigotry and desire to demonize "different" people than anything else. (But I digress...)

As a longtime fan of JRE, I wish him well, and I'm sure we've not seen the last of him. Whether he's the next nominee or not is a very open question. We're going to get Hillary shoved down our throats like there's no tomorrow, and that just depresses me.