re: #232 DaddyG

That is my whole point. The right wing crazies seem louder right now because they are out of power and making noise. This does not mean they have won the hearts and minds of the populace who want limited infererence in their lives and respect for all beliefs and creeds.

If anyone on the left is asking me to disavow conservative talk hosts and their bad behavior (which I often do) then I feel it is right to ask them not to portray them as “main stream” or representative of middle-right thinkers.

If they claim the Democrats were any less radicalized I would ask them to provide me the proof that there was any extensive effort to disavow their more radical voices by the center as Reagan,Bush1,Bush2 Derangement Syndrome ran rampant for decades.

Evidence suggests Democrats elect their radicals to public office while Republicans relegate them to pundit status.

I think we have a different view of what ‘radical’ is, but I would like to put up Michelle Bachmann against Al Franken.

Please respond to my points, though. Cynthia McKinney and Medea Benjamin don’t have talk shows, and McKinney, thank God, got her ass voted out of office. They have no real influence over the Democratic party, whereas the leader of the Republican party had to back down when he challenged The Rush. Am I wrong to see a distinction here?