Leaning Left

I'm a moderate.  A little left of center, but having some conservative positions.  (Anyone to the left of- hell, including- Ronald Reagan is now considered a socialist, of course, but I would say we're moderates.  And by the way- Obama is a moderate.  If you can't wrap your head around that, well, that's because your head is bloated with Rush's spewings...) I have a conflict.  On the one hand, I want to mediate between different groups, get some kind of agreement and compromise to keep the country moving forward.  On the other hand, I find it hard not to call out stupidity when I see it.  And yes, there are stupid liberals.  But the stupid conservatives are a lot louder lately, and a lot more stupid.  Really.  I'm all for "agree to disagree," but if you disagree about the mounting idiocy coming from the right, you're part of the problem.  And if you don't disavow them, I might assume you support them.  The Democrats disavowed the Weather Underground and other loonies.  So seriously, Republicans, conservatives: stand up to the loonies.

I don't want to tar all conservatives with the same brush.  There are plenty of decent conservatives (I'm taking names for a list; send some if you have any suggestions.)  But I need a way to refer to the idiots of the right.  I thought of Loud Minority (descendants, perhaps, of the 'Moral Majority'); very descriptive, but I want something better.

Anyway.  I do want, in some sense, to get people to understand each other.  But I am not going to put up with bullshit.  So, sometimes this blog is going to have a bit of a split personality.  Sometimes I'll be fairly reasonable, other times I will vent, reacting to topics that are on my mind.  You might have to read the whole blog, not just react to one post.  (So, you know, in other words: think!)

In other posts I'll rant and rave about the latest dumb shit.  But for now, I want to contribute constructively.  So here's my calm proposal for the week. I think the Republican party needs to split into its constituent parts.  One, let's call it the Sensible Party after a Monty Python skit, would encompass most fiscal conservatives, but the ones who actually have brains and human decency.  I wouldn't always agree with them, but I might on some issues, and at least we could discuss things rationally.

The rest of the Republicans (Tea Partiers, Rush and Glenn fans, et al) would become the Silly Party.  Batshit crazy fundamentalists like Bachmann.  People who can't think for themselves.  Racists, Neo-Nazis, and other royal assholes.

Decent Republicans need to step up.  Be calm and rational.  Call these idiots out.  And kick them out; or let them have the party and start a new one.  Do what it takes, for America.