Good lord the comments on Instagram on this. Wow…WTF?

I would say abolishing Roe V Wade is way more anti woman than anything transgender people do or don’t do. And if you guys are so hard up about where a transgender person plays sports or goes to the bathroom, man, you’re living a damn good life. I wish that was my biggest concern. You’re right, I don’t have to like Trump, and I will look past certain things so I don’t have to live under a fascist dictator. 

It's a bad look. It reminds me of when Ed gave his cringeworthy speech defending Bill Murray's honor in L.A. in 2022 (if I remember correctly). It looks out of touch and hypocritical (believe women, but not when they're accusing famous people who are my friends). And for what? Is there a single voter who was going to stay home on November 5 who will be motivated to vote because members of Pearl Jam cozied up to one of the candidate's spouses? It's even harder to imagine that anyone who plans to vote for Trump will change their minds because of this.

KH184800 said:

Surprised? You shouldn’t be. When PJ supports establishment, anti-free speech candidates, you know the world is upside down. Eddie has daughters, and is pro-woman, which is great, but when you fall in love with a side that is now anti-woman (transgenders in women sports), you have, as Fonzie did, Jumped then shark. Emhoff assaulted his ex-girlfriend, and got his nanny pregnant. You don’t have to like Trump, but when you become so famous and isolated, this is what happens. You look past all the things you hate, and beome the things you hate. BTW, PJ is a big part of my life, I’m just sad it’s come to this

Anti free speech? I think you may be confused. 

ejk1280 said:

Wait who is protecting democracy?  Only one candidate was anointed with zero primary votes.  This is hilarious. 

You talking about the candidate who made up a lie about the election being stolen, who tried to find votes illegally, who tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power, who tried to get fake electors in the swing states, who almost got his VP killed , who lies , cries and moans about his problems and is a convicted felon and racist, you mean that guy? 

ejk1280 said:

THEBIBLEISTEN said:

ejk1280 said:

Wait who is protecting democracy?  Only one candidate was anointed with zero primary votes.  This is hilarious. 

You talking about the candidate who made up a lie about the election being stolen, who tried to find votes illegally, who tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power, who tried to get fake electors in the swing states, who almost got his VP killed , who lies , cries and moans about his problems and is a convicted felon and racist, you mean that guy? 

He’s certainly not perfect.. far from it actually.  But at least he’s legitimate.  The day we let a political party select their candidate is the day we let democracy die.  

He’s 10000% not legitimate. Jan 6th proves that. He’s a felon and con artist. If you think Don believes in democracy then I feel bad for you. The cult has taken you over. Lies lies lies lies. The fact that he’s even the republican candidate is sad and pathetic. It proves the Republican Party is a mess. 

ejk1280 said:

THEBIBLEISTEN said:

ejk1280 said:

Wait who is protecting democracy?  Only one candidate was anointed with zero primary votes.  This is hilarious. 

You talking about the candidate who made up a lie about the election being stolen, who tried to find votes illegally, who tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power, who tried to get fake electors in the swing states, who almost got his VP killed , who lies , cries and moans about his problems and is a convicted felon and racist, you mean that guy? 

He’s certainly not perfect.. far from it actually.  But at least he’s legitimate.  The day we let a political party select their candidate is the day we let democracy die.  

That's what we do in Germany, for example. Works just fine.

On one hand, these threads are never not entertaining. On the other, as always, AMT sucks. 

Who is the audience for listening to the vice presidents husband....

Why would Eddie and Jeff even want to talk with someone's husband, even if they wanted to cozy up with "establishment politicians". 

I was in my early-20's in 2000 when they supported Ralph Nader, an environmentalist and consumer advocate that talked about how broken the two party system was.  You knew damn well he wasn't going to win, but at least it got people to pay attention to somebody outside of "the system"... it did for me at least.  Maybe it's not red vs. blue, good vs. bad... maybe it's actually bad vs. bad, Tweedle Dumb vs. Tweedle Dumber.  I thought it was cool back then, but maybe I was just more impressionable.  

These days it's difficult for me to stomach.  These guys undoubtedly do amazing things (skate parks, EB research, etc. etc.), but they're 30+ years separated from being an "average Joe"... not to mention all having net worths probably above $80 million each.  The mental and physical health of this country is in bad shape... and "the haves" love that we're fighting it out, squabbling thinking that our candidate really gives a fuck.