Some of my friends are staunch conservatives, while others are fervent liberals. True in 2016, true in 1996 & earlier. Unlike my sister - Mim started out as a die-hard Wm F Buckley conservative, ended her days an Elizabeth Warren progressive - I've always been a radical centrist. Over the past few election cycles, I've striven to be a balance between often polarized political ideologies. I have my own point of view, but do what I can to see the arguments being made by each side, presenting as best I can without bias.
The right seem inclined to paint Democrats as "argula-eating" liberal elitists with have no awareness or appreciation of "real" America. They seem united in calling out liberals as unpatriotic, feel free to call them out as downright treasonous, - without fear of party leaders, who stay resolutely mute even as extremists call for hanging of our president.
Liberals tend to deride & ridicule their conservative counterparts, using them as a gold mine of joke material rather honoring their belief in God, the flag & American exceptionalism.
As we wade into the 2016 primaries, am taking this opportunity to shout from the rooftops my hope to stay as agenda-free as possible in all I write in a political vein, doing my best to be as Switzerlandy as possible, keeping my gaze at the American political landscape as open, curious & unattached as is reasonably possible. Which should be easy, since NONE of the current possibilities connect with me.
Now, if Elizabeth Warren was in the race...
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