The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Betty]

I'm not sure if I should be more alarmed about comments on "legitimate rape" or "armed revolution".

Up until now, I've always felt that the US is fairly even keeled. That is, that no matter who was elected, nothing seemed to change all that much.

This election feels so much more polarized. Am I just paying more attention to politics as I get older? Am I getting more entrenched in my views when I think "the other side" is go off the deep end a bit? Or is it that people say whatever they think will get them elected and in reality nothing much really changes. People are all talk but don't mean what they say?