That is high praise, and I am honored, especially in light of its source, but I must confess that there are many times I wish I didn't get it.
Facing the reality of our times is something for which I only occasionally have the courage, and I constantly finding myself hoping that my assessment of things is some how terribly wrong. A strange motivation that, but in the stormy times in which we live, any shelter offers more comfort than none at all.
Perhaps this desire or need for shelter from the fury of naked reality underlies the fundamental problems which confront humanity now, but that is a trait we are unlikely to change.
Having waxed poetic on the topic, however, nonetheless leaves the most important question unanswered:
Just what the hell do we do now?
Living in fantasyland,with delusions and whishful thinking isn't going to help anyone. We MUST look reality ( political and other )squarely in the face and proceed with the possible...forgetting utterly , the impossible, yet yearned for pargagon.
The reality of politics, is that there are two major parties. One party will give Conservatives some of what it wants; the other will give them nothing they want and maked them outraged to boot. Fringe parties will either do little to nothing in the scheme of things, or,will absolutely deliver the win to the exact person, who the fringe supporters/voters least want elected.
What do we do now ? The same thing, that most Conservatives have been doing for decades; vote the straight GOP ticket, keep electing more and more GOPers, until they have the White House, a huge majority in both Houses, and when we do, then, and only then, pick off the RINOs. A glass 1/2 full, is far better than a glass filled with poison !
Children and those who live in a world of their own mind, demand/wish for the impossible. Adults accept reality and work in the realm of the possible.