The purists understand "principle" in only the most esoteric, etheric of terms....
Agreed. Otherwise they would have already been coalescing around a core called "National Security", as America is in enormous peril from both internal and external threats, vividly demonstrated by 9/11 and the attempted attacks since.
I'll try to take heart in your optimism... and the fact that the hard left is repugnant to middle-America and they will be further exposed to the voters now that they have won Congress.
I'll try to take heart in your optimism... and the fact that the hard left is repugnant to middle-America and they will be further exposed to the voters now that they have won Congress.
I find numerous issues regarding this past election worth note and studying -- issues which were downplayed, or not played/addressed if at all. When the Clintons came into power in early 90s, the country wasn't much awake. There was Rush on talk radio. Internet consisted predominantly of Compuserve and Socnet/Usenet. The MSM ruled the roost, and they hid most of the Dem's onerous taxations and clearly obfuscatory constitutional rights of JoeJane Citizen.
And since having left CA two years back for NC, I've observed how many think my move from San Francisco was, like, "so a mistake - San Francisco is where it is all happening" asserted by many I've spoken with.
Unto them is ushered the bowl of misery, a taste. And the faux-conservatives will be roiled and spun, tossed upon wave after wave. I do believe in a place called Purgatory.
And we've another election in two years.