re: #96 Ming

I sometimes have to remind myself just how deeply many Republicans believe that President Obama is a truly evil person, a true enemy of the United States, dedicated to the destruction of America and Western values and everything good. The foregoing viewpoint is totally at odds with reality, but I’ve talked with quite a few “conservatives” who really believe it. So from that viewpoint, it makes sense that many on the right wing would not be worried at all about a default on the national debt, or whether or not the war in Libya is in our national interest. All they care about is defeating Obama in 2012. Period.

This is true. Furthermore, if you were to replace “Republicans” with “Democrats,” “President Obama” with “President Bush,” and “2012” with “2004” or “2008”, you would also have a true statement.

Anyone who does not believe both parties are roughly-equally cynical, roughly-equally corrupt, and roughly-equally devoted to partisanship over the welfare of the nation, is part of the problem.