Ok, it isn’t you, Markos or any FPer. The great diarists for me are the ones who maintain a sense of dignity, facts and humor. I think LieparDestin, Lysis and El Mito fit the bill. Why? Because they write positive and often funny pieces, can get into the grungy bits without coming out smelling like an old dead fish and are smart. They all want to beat the GOP. They all have come and gone into each other’s diaries without being assholes. I like them. I’m proud to know they are part of what hopefully will become a movement — meaning a change in the Democratic Party towards the left again.
I was actually a young then general adult during the Civil Rights Movement and safety nets for the aging days — the anti-Vietnam Conflict era. We were really left in those days and it cost us — as LBJ knew full well. Those were the days of sane, intelligent Republicans and Democrats. Also the days of the Dixiecrats and insane Republicans.
Thank you and thank you to those who support your positive messages. All of us can give in to the propensity of ugliness — I know I have. But most of us come out of it. This is a place where that can happen. It isn’t about Markos or an Admin person necessarily. It is about basic regular folks who are just us. The anonymous work-a-day us. I prefer that.
Cheers to whomever won Indiana (Dem of course). Sounds like Senator Sanders. Can we just enjoy the fact that we are not genitally focused assholes? We have other flaws but they are not below the belt.