[Cool Hand]

Kamen,

Thanks for the kind words for my friend. I hope he wins too. If not, he and his team of close supporters have gotten a great education in running a solid, grass-roots local campaign. I'm not as concerned about the practical application of the knowledge as I am about the insight it has provided me.

I love your term "Sister Souljah moment." I used to refer to her a lot in political discussions, but unfortunately too many persons seem to have forgotten her 15 minutes of infamy.

I agree that we are probably stuck with a two-party system for the foreseeable future. I suspect that the vast middle of the electorate votes against the other guy as often as, if not more often than, it votes for a candidate.

dantonec and Warren,

Yeah, me too.

Liv,

Thanks. I saw some of last week's Real Time with Bill Maher too. I agree that Lt. Gov. Michael Steele of Maryland was repetitive and rhetorical. I watched it merely because David Cross was on. I think he is one funny motherfucker, but his political rhetoric from the left is just as tired and worn out as Steele's is from the right.

I agree with you and Kamen about political rhetoric's damaging effect on reasoned discourse.

Wildernesse,

Don't feel so bad. It is amazing how the parties and their candidates can take identical positions on some issues, but spin them in such a way as to look like they are being distinguishable.

On this particular issue, it's not a delusion. It's a deception, plain and simple. No one will speak the truth about the issue--that it is absolutely contrary to the clear, fundamental constitutional principle of full faith and credit. Actually, that principle is essential to conducting interstate commerce and to engaging in interstate travel. Without it, there would be little point in having a "United" States.



Thanks, everyone, for making this thread interesting.

Cool Hand