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I don't know if anyone here is familiar with the Nashville sound but the quick rundown is that it was a style of music from 1956-1963. The whole point was trying to substitute the fiddle with a singing quartet and strings.

I'm not sure if you guys are familiar with David Lynch movies but there is a very cool aesthetic in them. I would describe it as this: imagine its the late 1950s or early 1960s in a nice peaceful small town. Yet it is spooky in some way but for what reason we don't yet know.

All these songs were recorded in Nashville with all the big name session musicians and are what I would consider part of the Nashville sound. Does anyone get that kind of Lynchian vibe to these songs:

Ferlin Husky Boulevard of Broken Dreams 1957 (album track)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtvfQBN5qLw
This is actually a Great American songbook tune from 1933. Yet the album cover and the spooky background vocals give it that feel.

Bobby Helms Special Angel (peaked at No 8 on cashbox 11/9/57)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcfKlfqrBz4
Helms is more known for Jingle Bell rock but this was his other hit.

Patsy Cline Strange 1962
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmht_2tsJXk
this was the b-side to "She's Got You"

Roy Orbison the Actress 1962
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y-XmYSS_O4
this was the b-side to "Dream Baby"

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/world/europe/pope-francis-homophobic-slur.html

He might genuinely be doing it as a bit at this point.

I want to believe that this is an indicator of another good year for Democrats, or perhaps a sign of the conviction mattering in ways polls haven't caught up to a la 2022. But I'm going to go with the simpler explanation of Democrats turning out all the time now, and Republicans either caring less unless it's Trump, or assuming the Republican wins no matter what, and just not bothering.

This might be good news for Sherrod Brown though at least.

And yes, I agree. Kripchak should run for Governor in 2026. Why the f*** not? Who else do Democrats have that could even put a dent in eastern Ohio anymore?

Or what about that there are tons of voters who will vote Democratic downballot but draw the line at Biden, or vice versa are OK with Trump but are turned off by the rest of the GOP?

Polling suggests there are those Trump/down-ballot Democratic voters, yet I still can barely fathom their existence until I see them. Who finds Kari Lake a step too far, but is fine with Trump? I know there will be a few, but as many as polls currently suggest?

I think the difference is more likely to be Gallego voters who refuse to vote for Biden.

First, this election is called; then, Francoise Hardy dies.  Eeesh...

There's a sort of horseshoe theory with stuff like this, one example being Alex Jones' Infowars web store, he isn't vegan and no doubt most of his followers aren't either because his "survival food packs" include a lot of meats and dairy, but he does sell a lot of "organic" hygiene products and the like.

There's also a sort of evangelical Christian/grifter-ish "healthy lifestyle" advocate intersection, and you also find veganism or semi-veganism and things like juice fasts promoted by the sort of cranks who talk about "not trusting modern medicine" and often end up anti-vax, before Covid these type of cranks were usually assumed to be mostly on the left with a strong right contingent but now it seems that has inverted.

History will view Trump favorably. Get over it.

"history will vindicate my memory"

Vice President Al Gore (D-TN) / Senator John Edwards (D-NC) ✓
Governor George Bush (R-TX) / Fmr. Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney (R-WY)

A charismatic Southerner with populist appeal would certainly help Gore with his own deficits. It would have been enough for a helping of northern Floridians. But moreover, sticking with Clintonian Southernization over the old orthodoxy of regional ticket-balancing tells me that he wouldn't have tried distancing himself as much from the administration here.

For some reason this makes me think of Ronny D's Biden-era crusade against Disney. Maybe I should watch the Disney movie someday.

They're both regarded already. In fact, Trump's regardation only gets worse with every passing day.

Gore and Sasser