Some people truly believe it's better to be the big fish in a teeny, tiny pond than a little fish in the ocean.
They're so terrified they'll be respected or they'll lose control...it's almost as if they're afraid of being judged the same as they judge everyone else they come in contact with.

It's people like him is why everyone can't have nice things.

Haele

In what world does that make sense?

Spoken like a 3rd grader......

She was reasonable, informed, prepared, and frump's too risky.

They were already decided, and obviously thought this guy was delusional.

for the UK

My feeling was: "This ass-hole's not worth it, and he'll lose next week, anyway."

Besides, the very last thing these neanderthals want is to be challenged by a woman, in front of other men.

Since they were handling him, I just pretended not to hear him. I live in a solid blue state, so, nothing's on the line, no matter how much crap he spews.

It's hard to second-guess without having been there, but sometimes it can be useful to ask one or two questions. Often someone is popping off like your friend at the gym because it feels good and he wants to show off. Ask him why (for example) he wants to kill off Planned Parenthood. Point out that less than 3% of their services relate to abortion, and that because of the other 97% of their provision of health care to the communities they're located in, abortion rates are down. If his objection is to abortion, Planned Parenthood is the agency that keeps those numbers down by educating people and providing low cost contraceptives to women and men.

withdrawing from the UN (a liberal scheme for a One World Government) then goes from there to a desire to withdraw from the WTO, the Paris climate agreement, the Iran nuclear deal, the UN Disability Rights Treaty, the Law of the Sea Treaty, NATO and a long, long list of international agreements that the right would like to kill.

It's like they think the US can become its own planet and not have to worry about the rest of the world. FDR must be turning over in his grave.

Clinton must break Russia. Russia must be broken to show the white nationalists they will not have safe haven for their bigotry.