Will, there is a saying 'Don't let the enemy of the perfect destroy the good.' I hope we all remember that over the next 100 days. We have a chance to vanquish Trump for good. Lets not blow it.
That seems to be the kicker for all of us when a President gets elected, we really like. We put a lot on them and expect them to solve every problem. We fail to realize they are politicians and once they get to office, they have many people pulling them in different directions. It's really an impossible situation to be in. I felt the hope with the election of both Bill Clinton and Obama. Both did good jobs but couldn't meet all of my expectations. My conservative friends were the same way about George W. Bush. Ultimately disappointed.
I think this is the rub: I think both of them were good Presidents -- as was GHWB, for my money -- but they both generated such enthusiasm initially that it would be impossible for anyone to live up to it. But I will happily make that tradeoff this time.
Clinton and Obama (and yes Biden) were good Presidents, they both had failures and fell short in important ways (Healthcare for Bill, Syria for Obama…… and others of course) but they both picked up economies in real trouble and left office with millions more people in work and people’s wages having risen quicker than inflation at the time they left, so therefore average people were better off when they were finished than when they began and that can be enough a lot of the time
This election is too important for people to sit out, I’m glad you’re writing about it
In the 21st century tanks rolled over the border of a European country, just because it’s been going on so long we should never forget that a country that hosted the Euros in 2012 is seeing missiles hit buildings fans drank and partied in just 12 years ago, it’s utterly horrifying and one Candidate in the election is on the side of the invaders
If you enjoy living in the west and think what we have built here, through all our faults and missteps, is worth defending, then you have to pray for the corrupt wannabe dictator to get beaten and beaten good and proper
As a Jays fan, your argument about Vladdy confuses me. Why do you presume that the Jays are unwilling to extend him, just because it hasn’t yet happened with 1.5 years to go on his contract? Yes the Jays may be moving into a down cycle, but why shouldn’t that down cycle include building around their homegrown superstar? He can be to the Jays what Votto was to the Reds.
I mean, I guess? I don't know, he sure feels like a guy who is gonna push free agency at this point, in a way he might not have three years ago. I agree that he *should* be that for the Jays. But then again ... he hasn't been as good as Votto was when they extended him. He's kind of a hard contract to get pinned down.
I’m with you, if they’re not gonna extend him then Will is right, but if they’re planning to keep him longterm then he seems like exactly the kind of player you pay and keep whether you’re contending or not
Home grown star loved by the fans, if you’re not keeping players like him why even own a Baseball team
Man, I remember when I first saw Boyhood, and how when it ended I felt like I had just been punched in the gut as I realized all at once what I’d just witnessed. There might be like 10 films from last decade that people will be talking about in 100 years, and Boyhood is surely one of them.
I finally saw Phoenix live last summer, which was a thrill because I only found out about them through a Pandora suggestion. It was a euphoric feeling when the world caught on and I started hearing 1901 at Angel Stadium years later.
I absolutely loved Boyhood. And it was the first movie where I recognized the vast majority of locations. Blew my mind. The only unfamiliar location to me was at the end when he went to college. All of the Houston, Austin, and San Marcos scenes were familiar to me.
OK, possible unpopular opinion here, but if you (not "You" Will, cause I've seen this sentiment a lot the past few days) let politics affect your day-to-day outlook so much that there's a mood swing as seen in today's column vs last weeks', it may be time to log off a little bit and readjust. Just a thought.
I think this is a reasonable thought, and one I tried to be careful about noting in the column. (Hence the wild-eyed Boyhood woman as the lead.) But I also think that, uh, this is a pretty important election! And time is running incredibly short! I would just say there's a case to be made for this being a very specific exception to the "don't get too excited, too fast" rule. (There's of course a case to be made against that as well.)
My wife was on a call with 200k other women the other night. In 2 hours they raised $8.5m for Kamala.
Women are the best.
There has been immediate, and very exciting, activation.
Will, there is a saying 'Don't let the enemy of the perfect destroy the good.' I hope we all remember that over the next 100 days. We have a chance to vanquish Trump for good. Lets not blow it.
Now I have to go watch Boyhood.
Another great one, Will!!
Ditto for me. It’s the next movie I’ll watch.
Perfect!
That seems to be the kicker for all of us when a President gets elected, we really like. We put a lot on them and expect them to solve every problem. We fail to realize they are politicians and once they get to office, they have many people pulling them in different directions. It's really an impossible situation to be in. I felt the hope with the election of both Bill Clinton and Obama. Both did good jobs but couldn't meet all of my expectations. My conservative friends were the same way about George W. Bush. Ultimately disappointed.
I think this is the rub: I think both of them were good Presidents -- as was GHWB, for my money -- but they both generated such enthusiasm initially that it would be impossible for anyone to live up to it. But I will happily make that tradeoff this time.
Clinton and Obama (and yes Biden) were good Presidents, they both had failures and fell short in important ways (Healthcare for Bill, Syria for Obama…… and others of course) but they both picked up economies in real trouble and left office with millions more people in work and people’s wages having risen quicker than inflation at the time they left, so therefore average people were better off when they were finished than when they began and that can be enough a lot of the time
This election is too important for people to sit out, I’m glad you’re writing about it
In the 21st century tanks rolled over the border of a European country, just because it’s been going on so long we should never forget that a country that hosted the Euros in 2012 is seeing missiles hit buildings fans drank and partied in just 12 years ago, it’s utterly horrifying and one Candidate in the election is on the side of the invaders
If you enjoy living in the west and think what we have built here, through all our faults and missteps, is worth defending, then you have to pray for the corrupt wannabe dictator to get beaten and beaten good and proper
I think that people have gone from "praying" to "doing something about it" is a very good sign, and a big reason why people are so excited.
As a Jays fan, your argument about Vladdy confuses me. Why do you presume that the Jays are unwilling to extend him, just because it hasn’t yet happened with 1.5 years to go on his contract? Yes the Jays may be moving into a down cycle, but why shouldn’t that down cycle include building around their homegrown superstar? He can be to the Jays what Votto was to the Reds.
I mean, I guess? I don't know, he sure feels like a guy who is gonna push free agency at this point, in a way he might not have three years ago. I agree that he *should* be that for the Jays. But then again ... he hasn't been as good as Votto was when they extended him. He's kind of a hard contract to get pinned down.
I’m with you, if they’re not gonna extend him then Will is right, but if they’re planning to keep him longterm then he seems like exactly the kind of player you pay and keep whether you’re contending or not
Home grown star loved by the fans, if you’re not keeping players like him why even own a Baseball team
Man, I remember when I first saw Boyhood, and how when it ended I felt like I had just been punched in the gut as I realized all at once what I’d just witnessed. There might be like 10 films from last decade that people will be talking about in 100 years, and Boyhood is surely one of them.
I find it both eternal *and* a time capsule, which is a fantastic endorsement of it.
I finally saw Phoenix live last summer, which was a thrill because I only found out about them through a Pandora suggestion. It was a euphoric feeling when the world caught on and I started hearing 1901 at Angel Stadium years later.
I learned them from the old Basketball Jones podcast. (I learn music from weird places sometimes.)
I absolutely loved Boyhood. And it was the first movie where I recognized the vast majority of locations. Blew my mind. The only unfamiliar location to me was at the end when he went to college. All of the Houston, Austin, and San Marcos scenes were familiar to me.
I remember a piece from the time when someone figured out the exact Astros game they went to.
OK, possible unpopular opinion here, but if you (not "You" Will, cause I've seen this sentiment a lot the past few days) let politics affect your day-to-day outlook so much that there's a mood swing as seen in today's column vs last weeks', it may be time to log off a little bit and readjust. Just a thought.
I think this is a reasonable thought, and one I tried to be careful about noting in the column. (Hence the wild-eyed Boyhood woman as the lead.) But I also think that, uh, this is a pretty important election! And time is running incredibly short! I would just say there's a case to be made for this being a very specific exception to the "don't get too excited, too fast" rule. (There's of course a case to be made against that as well.)
Will: remember not to promise not to write about politics in this election year!