Good afternoon, btk,
Well, well, well, what have we here?
You seem to think that you are pointing me toward the exit by quoting the only Democrat I ever truly loved.
Ah, btk, you have inspired me to share with you yet another quote from Harry Truman. Harry Truman said, “Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.”
Not to worry, btk, I will be leaving soon. But my leave has nothing to do with heat. It has everything to do with finally coming to my senses and remembering that old saying about how the only good thing about beating my head against a brick wall is that it feels so good when I stop.
But before I go, I want to drop off a little something. A link to the thread I started here one night when I had obviously taken leave of my senses. I opened the floor to a discussion of my concern for the Republican party’s abandonment of moderate Republicans.
If you bother to read through this thread, without a jaundiced eye, you can see where it disintegrates. You took your usual “Bush Basher” shot early in the thread. But I continued past it. I was not bashing Bush. All I had done was to tell my little tale of “the way we were” in that picture I have. A light little touch. A little attempt at humor. So unwelcome I know. But illustrating that I was once, twice, a Bush vote.
I also brought up the things that have influenced my thinking to make me a moderate. I even comment about seeing the greeniacs for what they really are. And I most certainly make clear that I think healthcare needs to be addressed for the sake of those who have no affordable access, but at no point do I say that socialized medicine is the answer. I say that an answer must be found. But that discussion cannot take place over the deafening chants of the right wing. Chants with wording bought and paid for from Frank Luntz.
In this thread that I am linking here, there are points at which I actually thought I saw a little glimmer of discussion start. But watch what happens when I acknowledge common ground. Moderates are capable of recognizing common ground and we stand on that ground and think it would be a good place to build. But if you deign to look at this thread, you might see what happens when moderate me calls attention to finding common ground with some of the regulars from the right. I found them not to be so far right as they often appear. But look at what happens. The comfort zone found here in the mutual admiration society was violated by an intruding moderate. And the mutual admiration society members revert to type.
Well anyway, btk, this was a lot more than a drive-by. Oh how I hope that I can think of it as a drive-BYE. That’s because I saw that other thing in your post. That part where you address the nice array of questions and make the little comment about the pin dropping.
Well, btk, that is what happens around here a lot. A wagon master always emerges and said wagon master orders those wagons in a circle. And those wagons always circle.
But, btk, with those wagons in a circle, hasn’t anybody ever noticed that it is impossible to move forward?
Boomer
Oh yeah, here’s the link to the thread I cited.
It was my party and I'll cry if I want to