It seems ok so far.

My father changed his politics radically when his health declined and he had to stay home watching tv because of mobility issues. Fuck FOX. Assholes. One of the most harmful entities in the USA. I wish every one of them would drop dead.
- I feel extremely lucky that my parents somehow avoided going down that rabbit hole. I'm sorry the hate-media got to your dad, that really sucks.
  
  My dad used to watch it to laugh at it, but I think my mom took a lot of it seriously.
  That shit is a cognitive hazard.
- It happened to my dad after a TBI in like 2015. Went full ancient aliens too.
  
  Hey now. If it weren’t for Ancient Aliens I would probably never sleep. Have a little respect for my insomnia cure!
- That really sucks. What's weird with my parents is that they never watch Fox News ever, only NBC, and still they remain conservative AF. They actively reject any negative information about Republicans. Totally don't care whatsoever, anything and everything is justified by "both sides, but abortion!!".
  
  How much facebook are they on?
  
  If it's a local station it might be Sinclair.
- BE THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD

Tim Walz is the dad and grandpa that Rush and Rupert stole from us. He's the family we lost when their personalities changed seemingly overnight.
If the right wing funded rage machine never existed, we would have had millions like him. They've broken so many families.
- This is exactly it. Fake news should have a regulatory body.
  
  It should be illegal to present entertainment as news and opinion as fact to a global audience. There should be real life jail time (not fines that are only for the poor) for the business owners
  When a society in the future figures this out, the world will be a better place.
  
  FAIRNESS DOCTRINE!!!
  Fox giving “news” while legally not being news has led to crimes, that’s a fact. Maybe prosecutor Kamala could go for a bite but damn it’d be nice to have the news be true again
  
  Like reinstating the fairness doctrine.
  
  I'd really like this, but I'd also be worried about it becoming a 1984 "ministry of Truth" so to speak if the Republicans gained enough power.
- My grandpa was an Army mook from 50s-70s, dude spent literally his entire time working on vehicles to fight the USSR while we had a third party fight in Korea and Vietnam.
  Hearing this man suddenly defend Trump and the red caps hurts my heart. They say don’t meet your heroes but goddamn watching one turn into a cult member is worse.

Tim Walz is the Free Dad Hugs guy at Pride Marches
- Yoo what? Neat
  
  Ye it's a whole thing, there's free mom hugs and free sib hugs now too
- What a wonderful description! That's exactly what he is.

I’m an old man and I feel this way as well. My parents are a lost cause
- We need to hold media responsible for blatantly and intentionally deceiving viewers.
  
  I’m afraid they are irredeemable. I tried for a couple of years to get them to see the good but they have been that way for a long time. I just smile, love them because they are super old, and vote against them any chance I get

Tim Walz is the masculine role model that we need.
- Tim Walz is what a real patriot looks like. He loves his state, he loves his country, and he does everything he can to make life in both of them better for everyone.
  
  He even helped make the flag not just better, but the best flag of any state.
  Come fight me Marylanders

It's almost weird how not-creepy he is, in this day and age
- He's so normal seeming.
  
  Hid the bodies good.

I was just talking to a coworker about how Walz being a daughter father is a great look for the campaign trail. No nonsense campaign dad who calls out creeps is going to play well with a lot of people especially women.

And Kamala appeals to all the dudes who had shitty weirdo mothers.
- Yeah so, I did not expect to have this reaction to a powerful woman running, and I certainly didn't experience anything like it with Hillary, and honestly it is probably toxic at base, but, uh...
  Ka-mommy.
  
  Stahp
  
  Don't be gross.
  
  Her step kids call her Momala
- It's not that. I have good parents. For me it's the humanity on display. We're so used to these stoic leaders putting out a highly polished inhuman image and Kamala and her husband are out here making faces at each other on the campaign trail. Doug actively tries to crack her up when they're in front of the cameras but not doing speeches or something.
  
  This is absolutely it. She's so much more human than any of the old croaks that trump hangs out with.
  
  And Donold is so mentally broken that he is unable to genuinely belly laugh at anything. That's really creepy once you notice it.
- America's Step-Mom, literally.
  
  We need to keep her away from any open front loading washing machines.
  
  Literally?
  Wow, how does she have time to run for office?
- I'm happy to have an age and gender appropriate candidate for POTUS.
  
  Yeah, it's refreshing to go back to the tried-and-true boomers after the brief experiment with a silent generation president.
- Chud ass take.
  
  You seem like a subject matter expert.

Men too

Can someone explain why exactly?
- Last night's Daily Show had a good segment on him.
  He's basically just a normal "dad". Was a teacher and a highschool football coach, genuinely enjoys spending time with his family, sometimes is wrong but listens to others and is open to changing his mind.
  It's an incredibly low bar, but dude seems to be a decent human being.
  It's not any deeper than that.
  
  I recently heard the phrase "the bar for men is in hell". At first I thought they were talking about a drinking establishment for men with the devil. No, it's saying that the bar for men to get over to be a comparably decent person is so low, it's in the depths of the earth in hell.
  Like, there are so many absolutely terrible men that someone who doesn't inappropriately touch and does listen most of the time by comparison is like an Olympic gymnast
  
  Sounds like a sitcom dad.
- Because he shows what our parents could be like.
  He's the parent we wish we had.
- Waltz gives big dad energy.
- He's not weird.
  
  I bet he is, but the GOOD weird. Not the fascist creep weird.

I swear I should change my username I say it so often:
FUCK PROPAGANDISTS!!
Rupert Murdock needs to do the world a favor and join Roger Ailes already.
Sean Hamface, Laura Ingrate, and Fucker Swanson Trust Baby Carlson, should have their trip to visit Ailes 6ft under expedited as well.
They're a goddamn cancer on society. They've ruined countless lives.

I live in Georgia, Walz isn't going to get the hardcore Fox News and MAGA idiots. However, I could see more than a few Kemp voters (basically, moderate conservatives who went Ossoff twice and Warnock thrice) going for Harris/Walz. Further, suburban Atlanta has a lot of people turned right the fuck off by JD Vance. He's definitely viewed by a lot of OTP folks as yet another crazy person either hand picked and/or enthusiastically endorsed by Trump (like Loeffler, Purdue, and Walker... people felt like these three idiots were forced upon us by Trump). Those people probably won't vote Harris/Walz, but they just might not show up or, if they do, they might leave the top of the ballot blank. Trump knows his electorate and knows how to play to them, but he doesn't get Georgia. Kemp is the key to understanding this.
Our governor is Republican Brian Kemp... he's definitely on the right wing of the party, not a moderate by any stretch of the imagination, but he's a savvy son of a removed when it comes to elections in this state. The vibe check on him is: sexist/racist/homophobic uncle who diplomatically holds his tongue at Thanksgiving even if others don't and things get heated. He believes some wild shit, but keeps it to himself in mixed company (read: armchair racist).
He's quietly distanced himself from Trump for nearly a decade now. Never pushing the former president away, but never fully embracing him either. Trump and Kemp have a love/hate relationship; Kemp needs the far right MAGA idiots to keep voting for him, but Trump can't find the center of Georgia politics anymore. In 2020, Biden found that center when 11,780 moderates held their noses and voted for him because Trump was embarrassing them. Having Walz lead the charge on messaging and stump speeches is the best card the Harris team can play in the state if they want to win it... in Georgian statewide politics, Kemp could stump hard and barely beat Harris, but still win. However, he's got nothing to put up against someone like Walz. Walz, as a person, is literally the kind of voter Kemp courts.
Kemp campaigning against Walz looks like this: Who do you like more? The uncle who's nice, but you know he's talking shit about your gay kid on the car ride home OR the coach at the local school who's nice to everybody and thinks your kid has real talent. Who would you vote for? That's the reason Georgia is at a statistical tie right now.

I laughed out loud at that.

He went to the store for a pack of Fox News and never came home...