I know that politics is not pattycake. Dirty tricks and mischief-making has been part of the national fabric since Aaron Burr. Sure it's a mob, but it's a mob with its heart in the right place. I am old enough to remember when conservatives had the best manners in the ring. You debated with William F. Buckley, you knew you would come away skewered, and there wasn't much you could do about it.
Conservatives know better than liberals that people are often no dang good.
And reporters, loving a story that that pumps us with intellect-sapping adrenaline and stays on the front page for months, do nothing to remedy the mischief. Well, I say it's the bunk. I enjoyed serving this essay up for you, and I did it for free. Think of it as a voluntary subscription. This is the first treatise on change we've seen that is actually entertaining.