Patriotic Grace

While Terry Paulson's latest article is largely about how America will become a socialist dystopia if we fail to elect President Trump for a second term, he concludes with a few paragraphs reminding his readers that what unites us as Americans is greater than that which divides us.

I think that “patriotic grace” is there for the taking. We shop together, work together, serve together, worship together, and seem to have no trouble keeping politics in its right perspective. America should not need a war or a terrorist attack to bring us together. At the deepest level, we remain one republic, one people. As we launch into 2020, let’s dial down the attacks and remember how blessed we are to be Americans with opportunities others just dream of. Let’s help President Trump keep expanding those opportunities for more and more Americans.

I would agree with everything except that last part as I don't think President Trumps policies are likely to improve thing at all.

This article didn't get a lot of comments, but the ones that did post were all attacking Democrats, as you would expect.  This one by Momster is perhaps the most striking.

As the swamp sloooowly drains, observe the swamp creatures now exposed to the cleansing sunlight. See them as they writhe in agony. Listen as they snap their increasingly toothless jaws. Hear them as they bellow and hiss out their stream of lies. Watch out for their still dangerous tails as they lash about in desperation!

I don't know - if I thought my political enemies were toothless lashing swamp creatures I probably wouldn't want to work together or serve together with them.   But perhaps I am looking at this the wrong way. 

Grasping at Straws

The Republicans, keen to defend President Trump, will grasp on any excuse to discredit the work the House of Representatives has done in preparing for an Impeachment Trial.  This despite the clear statements by Mitch McConnell that he is a) working with Trump on how to respond, and b) has no intention of treating it as an objective trail.  That's why the opening of Debra J Saunders latest article is such a hoot.

Imagine there is a murder trial that takes months and involves many witnesses, and then, at the end, the prosecutor announces that he's done such a great job of arguing guilt, he's not going to send the case to the jury.

This whole article is built around one key belief of Ms. Saunders - Trump is innocent and the Democrats know it.  That's not fact.  Trump is guilty as hell of what he is accused of (as evidenced by the ever shifting narrative around whether he did what he is accused of doing).  That is simply the core belief of Saunders and her tribe regarding this manner. 

If you start with the theory that he's innocent and Democrats know it than Saunders idiotic article makes sense (she does suffer from temporal confusion, unable to reconcile why Democrats said one thing when it looked like Republicans were going to be objective and something else when it was clear they were all or mostly all partisan hacks.

If Saunders were capable of honesty she would imagine a trial where the defendant consulted with the judge on how best for the judge to throw the case out of court.    That would be crazy - but that's also where we are. 

Into the Filth Part 2 - Happy Holidays and Loosing The Thread

So Dennis Pragers latest article is about how Leftists want to destroy Christmas - what an original idea for an article.  But, as is the point to these Into the Filth articles, lets look at the comments. 

And quickly we see them loosing the thread - moving from a celebration of Christmas to attacking people who don't speak English in public.  This comes from ERIC who certainly makes some calm and reasoned language.

Nope! I for one don't believe any foreigners language should be allowed in AMERICA! First you came here! We didn't go to your country and try to install ENGLISH! SO you should learn English, so you can communicate with AMERICANS CITIZEN. Speak it at home not in public!

I wonder what ERIC would say if he heard some people speaking Navaho - but I feel like I can guess.   At any rate, I find it baffling that this is an extended discussion on an article about how Leftists are destroying Christmas.

Then there is this exchange between Legoge47 and Andy Maxwell.

I like "After Thanksgiving Day Sale" I hope that will catch on rather than "Black Friday." That has a negative connotation to me.

Actually blacks thought it meant that they could freely loot and steal from businesses on the day after Thanksgiving.

OK - now that's pretty blatant.  I should add a disclaimer that although it appears that some hard core conservatives who participate on Townhall are racist or xenophobic - I am sure that there are at least some who aren't racist or xenophobic. 

Death Division and Destruction.

Let's take a look at Jake Hoffman's latest article.

The modern Democratic Party has become the party of death, division and destruction. Presently, Democrats are actively working to divide and destroy our communities, our churches, our children’s innocence, our prosperity, our industry, our culture, our president, our presumption of innocence and expectation of due process, our Constitution and rule of law, and, quite frankly, our entire way of life.

This isn’t hyperbole, it’s reality, and it’s a reality that should sadden every honest, altruistic American to their very core.

But as a Democrat I am guessing that Hoffman doesn't consider me an honest altruistic American.

How do you make peace with someone who believes that?  What sort of truce could we work out?   He's determined that people like me aren't just wrong but are evil - and as such, even if he were willing to make peace on some issues, he's still dedicated to wiping me and people like me out.   I understand disagreeing without being disagreeable, but how do you do that when they are starting from a place of "America would be better off without you."