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the "radical partisanship" of the last 10-15 years
is VERY detrimental to the US, and both parties engage in it.


I agree with all I've quoted above and ...fwiw ... very, very, seldom make a
post 'aimed' at anyone, including anyone I quote. Your previous post
reminded me of something that I then commented on ... and I didn't even
really quote it, since I was NOT replying directly to it. I just said my
piece ( which admittedly was on a topic varied from your original ) on
something I find interesting ... mine is a very 'stream of consciousness'
type of thinking and I'm often misunderstood because of that 'weakness.'


As a further fwiw ( ffwiw? ) I think people like ~beancounter~ are the very
best recruitment tool for the Dems and people like Ken, for the Repubs.
Nobody that actually does think for themselves wants to be associated with
"radical partisanship" and it clearly non-productive and even offensive to
most people.

FFWIW, that is one of the key reasons Obama won, IMHO ... NOT because he was
supported by the loony-left, rather by the "can't we find a middle' ... an,
middle. McCain might well have beat him if he hadn't tied himself so
closely to the Rush/ Palin/ wackjob right. I, personally, would have
still voted for Obama, but McCain has been one of the Republicans on my list
of respected people, .... at least until part way through this last campaign
....