If You Only Take Offense

It's Important To Remember That Bush Derangement Syndrome On The Left - Comparing Him To Hitler, Calling Him A Terrorist And A Tyrant - Preceded Obama Derangement Syndrome On The Right.

We Need To Punch Back Against The Extremes Of Both The Left And The Right And Define The Terms Of The Debate Ourselves.

I Believe That The Far-right And The Far-left Can Be Equally Insane - But There's No Question That In The First Years Of The Obama Administration, The Far-right Has Been Far Crazier. In Part, This Comes From Parties Being Out Of Power - Without The Responsibility Of Governing To Ground Them, The Activists And The Ideologues Take Over.

The American People Are Smart. They've Gotten Sick Of The Predictable Hyperpartisan Talking Points And Canned Anger.

But In His Farewell Address, George Washington Made It Clear That He Perceived No Greater Threat To The American Experiment Than A Partisan Demagogue Who 'agitates The Community With Ill-founded Jealousies And False Alarms, Kindles The Animosity Of One Part Against The Other'