Losing respect for Rand Paul

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"Profound rightward drift"?

We have living, breathing examples here on this forum of profound leftward drift ... and they're hardly the loudest voices on the left, no? I mean, who the hell pays attention to lil ole AF?

We suffer from an evacuated middle. Finger-pointing is more a symptom than a cure.

There is a profound difference between the population and the asswipes who get elected.

A recent survey found 64% in favor of legalizing pot.
62% favor gay marriage.
90% support background checks for gun purchases.
59% support abortion in all or most cases.
91% support criminal justice reform.
69% favor the Paris Climate Agreement.

None of these things can get a sniff in Congress but a further study indicated that

13% of democrats and 36% of republicunts favored "fracking" .... and guess what we have all over the fucking place.

Well, of course there's a disconnect between the populace and the politicians. The politicians are paid-for and very loyal to their benefactors.

My point is that the thing that's doing us in is unrepentant fractiousness. Not just in the government, not just between the politicians, but between the people as well.

I'm under no illusions about who owns the government. But I think it's fair to point out that it is the citizens who permit that state of affairs. And so long as they are split about irrelevant shit, the political class gets to serve their masters unnoticed.