There are very few independents. There are people who say they are above mere parties, but most lean strongly lean towards one party or another. I'm technically an independent in that I will consider voting for a Republican if I can ever find one who is better than the Democrat. I've been looking for decades, and…

I did read the rest of it and think about it, and while I think he makes some good points, I don't know that it all holds up. For example, a lot of Lefties assumed Obama would be some far-Left champion who agreed with them in all regards … yeah the Left always does that, they did it with Bill Clinton too. And they…

How my favorite sandwich shop met its end:

They do. It's one of about a million things they affirmatively support. Then people complain that they're not putting all million of them first.

I have to say, that article lost me early on with this part:

I loathe the word filter around here. Another good Kos article with some quoteworthy things:

… this is the Daily Kos link I was really looking for:

… this is the Daily Kos link I was really looking for:

… this is the Daily Kos link I was really looking for:

Words I had to umlautify today to get a comment to post:

"yet there were greater achievements in the fight for LGBT reform than their war in race"

"yet there were greater achievements in the fight for LGBT reform than their war in race"

"yet there were greater achievements in the fight for LGBT reform than their war in race"

There's a lot for me to think about here, so I'm not going to try to rebut it; this is the phase of things where I try to absorb what you're saying, spin it around in my mind, and see what I make of it.

Let's bear in mind that Obama could beat Romney by no more than 5%. Most charismatic guy ever vs. a human Etch-a-Sketch that NOBODY liked, not even his dog.

Here is the big issue, I think: much of the Left considers it a betrayal of their principles to support an imperfect candidate, but the Right is under no such handicap.

Any time you enter a new social circle, it makes sense to spend more time listening and to learn the social dynamic.

It is only in the past couple years I have been able to decipher what he was singing — he was continuing the "Jingle Bells" song from the previous scene (where apparently he took the Mr. Microphone from the other kid 20 years ago and never let go).

Eric Andre is the best. Here's another one:

The hair-touching is for strangers. Once we know each other we sniff each others' butts.