Back during primary season, it was “Mirror, Mirror” that I was reminded of. In a diary, I wrote:
Here we are, nice liberal folk — and yet, seriously, it becomes like Star Trek’s mirror universe during primary season — many folks are downright nasty, utterly suspicious of each other, and brandishing knives (luckily just the verbal kind, in our case.)
But now that the primaries are long over, and the warfare continues, it’s another episode — “Day of the Dove” — I’m reminded of.
KIRK: All right. All right. In the heart. In the head. I won't stay dead. Next time I'll do the same to you. I'll kill you. And it goes on, the good old game of war, pawn against pawn! Stopping the bad guys. While somewhere, something sits back and laughs and starts it all over again.
I don’t doubt Markos is speaking from the heart. But he’s fighting mad about what are largely false choices.
Would you trade aggressive immigration restrictions and enforcement for single-payer healthcare?
The fact that liberals would answer that question differently is exactly why we have our own internal war to fight.
Look at this video — is there anyone in it who seems like they would make that trade? The man speaking? His supporters?
We do have a real enemy, but I’m afraid it’s not the one Markos is focusing on.
Who is gaining from this perpetual war?
And who is sitting back and laughing?