You're too easy, David.

You're a businessman. Do you reward your employees for doing their job? Probably not. You reward them when they've done something over and above the call of duty; when they've excelled beyond expectations.

Let's face it; the GOP espouses ideas that are clearly fraudulent, scientifically. They pander to those groups who want to teach creationism in schools and they appoint lobbyists to edit and revise scientific findings. They're ignoring potentially huge medical advancements because of the Xtian fundies.

Well, folks like the Commissar bought the whole package and until he renounces the GOP, he gets to wear the extremism as his own personal albatross.

Whatever JG. I just have one question. Are you black?

Thank you, David. This post is a compliment of the highest order. It means a great deal.

Ya know, WE (you and me) are not crazy. The nutjobs of the Extreme-o-sphere (L) and the Extreme-o-sphere (R) are the ones who are crazy.

Stephen, meant every word.
And I think you are right.

David, be friends with who you want to be. There is nothing wrong with it. And, believe it or not, there is nothing wrong with the fact that some of your friends (and mine) are Republicans. There is something to be said about us normal folk that don't go to extremes and act like we are at war with people just because we happen to support a different political party than they do. It isn't an "either/or" situation. The people, on both sides, who think it is really, really need to get a serious grip.

Thanks Angel, You know by know that I just ignore JG.

Thanks Angel, You know by now that I just ignore JG.

Good thing Rogue picks your friends for you, David.

Who knows? You might accidently befriend one of those criminal, STD-laden Hispanics Rogue keeps her eye on.

You never answered my question about whether you are black or not?

Does it make a difference, David? If I am--can I be SoS? I really want to visit Australia; it's one of the few places I haven't been.

Look, David, the issue isn't 'us against them' so much as there's a great pretense these folks are shocked ("thunderstruck") when the fundies have come out of the woodwork to demand textbooks have stickers on them. When they use a brain-dead woman to try and score political points.

Honestly, it's like walking down a dark alley in Buenaventura at 2AM with pesos hanging out of your pocket and being surprised to be held up.

I would like to know. You are the mysterious one, no one knows if you are male or female, black or white. I want to know. Because you had some things to say today in a previous post that I want to address if you are not.

It's not important; if you have something to say about a post of mine--by all means, fire away.

Yes it is important... Becuase in that comment you spoke of tokenism like you know all about it. I would like to understand your perspective. Are you black, or are you another white liberal who is just as bad as the worst elements of the GOP in deciding what is good for Black folks.

I don't pick his friends, JG ... I don't even try and we are friends. Unlike you.

And, the last time I checked, I don't keep up with criminals or those with STDs. I also don't go around and attack my fellow Democrats, disrespect other people's blogs, or act like a total ass everywhere I go either.

Unlike you.

You're not a Dem, Rogue.

David, you should write up a thread on tokenism; what you 'think' it is and the rules associated with the term. I'll even add a discussion point: is it enough for blacks to get appointed to high-profile/-stature positions where their power/responsibility/influence is limited?

In the other thread, you seemed to think it was.

Wow. I come from a long line of Democrats. I raise money for the DNC. I am active locally. I was involved in the Take 5 campaign. I walk around all over town during elections, handing out flyers, and talking to citizens ... encouraging them to vote and vote Democrat.

But, I am not a Democrat?

And, Republicans say I am not a Christian because I am a Democrat. It is a good thing that you nor the Republicans get to decide who I am and what I support.

So now JG gets to tell other people what political party they belong to? Interesting.

Don't be obtuse, A-Man. People can identify themselves as anything they please. But self-identification is meaningless if one consistently militates against the principles of that identification.

Case in point: Zell Miller.

Sure, if you're dense enough to believe that identification with a political party necessitates some sort of unbending adherence to a particular ideology. Fortunately, politics in most republics hasn't worked that way until recently.

Rabid ideologues like JG probably wouldn't have liked the days when liberal Republicans and conservative Democrats exercised moderating influences on the political process and reduced high-pitch partisanship, but I for one think the ideological purification of the two parties is a big contributor to what is clearly the beginning of a serious, troubling breakdown in our political system.

True that, Answerman. I can tell you this, though. Even though every generation of my family has been Democrats, the day the extreme left run it will be the day I will go Independent. Which, of course, is the same thing I think Republicans should have done when the Religious Right came into power. :)

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