He sounds like a moderate/liberal/suto fiscally conservative “Rep”. These individuals usually are very relative in their appraisal of issues and are emotionally governed instead of fact governed My cousin is one and you sound like me trying to talk to him. These are the people that will be voting in 2010 and 2012 most likely for the Republican presidential candidate... that is why we can not put any trust in any rep victory in 2010 and 2012.
I think you pretty much nailed it. The biggest problem is that he gets all his news from the MSM. He considers Rush too “shrill” and he called my critique of Obama “hysterical”. In what I hope is a burst of creativity, I am preparing a ‘how well are you informed’ quiz for him. Most of the answers are true or false, or in some cases multiple choice or open ended. When he reads the answers, he’ll probably conclude I cooked the books. But a couple of the items may at least catch his attention.
Btw, I’m not done with your current post/article, but I love the way it starts. I’ve read your stuff before, and have found you to be an excellent writer. I even bookmarked your page!