re: #20 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

I don’t get it. You pretended I disagreed for rhetoric’s sake?

Not pretending anything. I pointed out where we agree and inquired a little further.

There are powerful legislators from LA, too.

Sure. But this was not their day really. It fell largely to others.

Yeah. I’m saying you should back this up with something specific from my entries, because your habit of leaping to assumptions about what I think is really fucking annoying. So back up your claim.

As follows

re: #15 Political Atheist

It’s not mainstream for the powerful California Dem legislators up north. Not at all. The discussion is different than the national debate. Not the same situation.

Something isn’t mainstream for individuals. In the Democratic party, including the Democratic party in California, fiscal conservatism of the type you’re describing is mainstream.

That there are Democrats in California who are more ‘liberal’ doesn’t detract from that at all.

We disagree on a couple things in there, your assessment of our Dem legislature and your term “individuals” who I put more weight on. This seems like small stuff, quibbles really. You seem a bit annoyed, I’m just trying to have a casual conversation with you. Really had no intent to annoy you.