[millwright]

What I'm seeing/reading (and not just here), is a litany of complaints; all centering on the moan the Dems cheated better than the GOP ! IMO both parties are corrupt and long overdue to be railed out of the nation. IOW a Prog is a Prog regardless of what lapel pin it wears or how it registers.

Back when most of "revolutionary leaders" were preaching discussion and allegiance to the Crown, radical Tom Paine changed the tenor of the debate - and fostered the Revolution - with his Common Sense pamphlets urging us to follow our ideals. He saw accommodation and consensus with the Crown as punji pits on the path to freedom. IMO we're facing the same threat today. Conservatives - and conservative values - are vilified and misrepresented in the media at every turn. INdependence, self-reliance and critical thinking have long bee banished from our educational systems. The latest "Right Think" mantra sweeping our colleges today will be the "Zero Tolerance" edict in our public schools next year.

We need a new Thomas Paine ! >MW