Hard to guess, sometimes the comments are indistinguishable from Facebook. There is definitely some overlap, though. My "Crooked Hillary" position had a lot of hurr durr cracks and a few laments that this is what politics has become. But I am down after cmoney reviewed the Republican debate transcripts and tabulated the instances in which Trump used a nickname for an opponent. It wasn't enough for Trump to say "More energy tonight, I like that" or "liar," he had to pronounce the nickname "Low Energy Jeb" or "Lyin' Ted." An accompanying table (!) shows that Trump used the nicknames quite rarely. After more analysis "from a linguistics point of view" cmoney concludes Bad news for my shares, he has to say "Crooked Hillary" at the debate or I am out $19.53.This doesn’t even take into account the fact that Trump is more than capable of pulling out of the debate; I see Trump as having an attitude and ego similar to Bobby Fischer’s when he pulled out of the match with Spassky … ya never know with Trump.
What's the pointless process -- the debates? or the entire national political process?
While I do think rooting for a political party in a national election is closer to religious activity than a rational way to maximize your influence on the world, I don't want to take on the task of inspiring enthusiasm for it in you, so I respect your decision as to what you choose to pay attention to.