There's actually been a lot of shift in the political thought of the country over the last several months, as people have, for the most part, realized that we have much bigger problems to worry about than whether the scary black Muslim anti-Christ Messiah who wasn't born in this country like his birth certificate says will wear a flag pin as he takes away your guns and gives all your money to other shifty uppity folks.
The ones who worry me are the ones who simply refuse to shake their party allegiances, whether through crusty ideology, hard-won racism, or whatever.
Last night, I liveblogged Obama's speech with some folks on Atrios. One of our longtime trolls was there. For the most part, we ignored him. We was actually making the argument that, because he was making long and elaborate explanations of his positions, going into nuance 'n' stuff, Obama was trying extra-hard to justify his bullshit to himself first and was even more of a liar than this troll had thought.
In other words, in the middle of our country dealing with two wars, a potential pandemic, a devastated economy, determination that the previous administration did torture, and the rising cost of health care, Obama's not being a monosyllabic uninformed cretin meant he was the Worst President Evar.
I really don't think you can break through that sort of mindset. If you know of a way to do so, well, we've been discussing that off and on here for years, with no progress.
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The ones who worry me are the ones who simply refuse to shake their party allegiances, whether through crusty ideology, hard-won racism, or whatever.
Last night, I liveblogged Obama's speech with some folks on Atrios. One of our longtime trolls was there. For the most part, we ignored him. We was actually making the argument that, because he was making long and elaborate explanations of his positions, going into nuance 'n' stuff, Obama was trying extra-hard to justify his bullshit to himself first and was even more of a liar than this troll had thought.
In other words, in the middle of our country dealing with two wars, a potential pandemic, a devastated economy, determination that the previous administration did torture, and the rising cost of health care, Obama's not being a monosyllabic uninformed cretin meant he was the Worst President Evar.
I really don't think you can break through that sort of mindset. If you know of a way to do so, well, we've been discussing that off and on here for years, with no progress.