THE IMPENETRABLE PARTISANSHIP OF THE LEFTIST MIND... EXPLAINED

I SPENT SOME TIME WITH A LEFTIST FRIEND.

SHE HATES ROMNEY, SAYS ROMNEY AND THE GOP LOVE THE RICH AND HATE THE POOR.

I SAID GIVING 35% OF ONE'S LIFETIME EARNINGS TO CHARITY IS HARDLY THE ACTION OF A MAN WHO HATES THE POOR.

SHE SAID IT WENT TO HIS CHURCH.

I SAID CHURCHES DO MORE CHARITY THAN ALL GOVERNMENTS COMBINED.

SHE CHANGED THE SUBJECT AND SAID ROMNEY AND THE GOP WERE BAD FOR WORKERS.

I SAID RED STATES WITH RIGHT-TO-WORK LAWS HAD

• LOWER UNEMPLOYMENT, 
• HIGHER WAGES, 
• HIGHER TAKE HOME PAY, LOWER TAXES, 
• LOWER COSTS OF LIVING 
• AND HIGHER STANDARDS OF LIVING 

THAN BLUE STATES WITH PRO-UNION RULES AND DEMOCRAT CONTROLLED STATE GOVERNMENTS - LIKE ILLINOIS AND CALIFORNIA.

SHE CHANGED THE SUBJECT.

I SAID OBAMA HADN'T FULFILLED ANY OF HIS PROMISES FROM 2008:

• HE DIDN'T CUT THE DEFICIT IN HALF;
• HE DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE BUDGET WITH A FINE-TOOTHED COMBED;
• HE DIDN'T CLOSE GITMO;
• HE DIDN'T END THE BUSH TAX CUTS;
• HE DIDN'T PASS COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM;
• HE DIDN'T REFORM HEALTHCARE IN A WAY THAT INSURES EVERYONE OR LOWERS COSTS OR DOES IT WITHOUT RAISING TAXES.

HE'S EITHER THE MOST INCOMPETENT POTUS EVER OR THE BIGGEST LIAR.

OR BOTH.

SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T CARE; SHE WOULD STILL VOTE FOR OBAMA DESPITE THAT FACT THAT SHE HAD OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT OBAMA: 

THAT  HE INCREASED DRONE ATTACKS AND CAVED IN ON THE PUBLIC OPTION, AND SO ON.

I SHOOK MY HEAD:

• HER SUPPORT FOR OBAMA DEFIED LOGIC.
• DEFIED REASON AND DEFIED THE FACTS.

SO WHAT EXPLAINS IT?

HER ALIGNMENT WITH THE LEFT IS A DEEP AFFILIATION BOUND TO HER IDENTITY, ALMOST INEXTRICABLY ENTWINED WITH THE SELF SHE HAS CONSTRUCTED THAT ENABLES HER TO FEEL AS IF SHE'S MAKING A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.

SHE FEELS SHE'S ON THE SIDE OF THE ALTRUISTIC AND BENEFICENT AND OPPOSING THE EVIL FORCES OF GREED AND SELFISHNESS.

• IT'S THE FEELING SOME GET WHEN THEY RECYCLE. 
• IT'S THE FEELING THEY GET WHEN THEY MARCH AGAINST SOMETHING OR FOR SOMETHING.
• IT'S THE FEELING THEY GET WHEN THEY IDENTIFY WITH A FOE OF THE USA AS IF WE WERE BULLIES AND ALL UNDERDOGS DESERVE TO BE SUPPORTED, AS IF ALL REBELS WERE FREEDOM FIGHTERS.

IT'S THAT FEELING, AND NOT REAL RESULTS - (BECAUSE THEY GET NEXT TO NONE!), THAT EMPOWERS THE BLIND ALLEGIANCE.

WHAT TURNS LEFTISTS INTO REALISTS - INTO SO-CALLED CONSERVATIVES ---

[ASIDE: I SAY "SO-CALLED" BECAUSE THOSE OF US ON THE SO-CALLED RIGHT ARE REALLY MAINSTREAM TRADITIONALISTS  AND WE ARE THE MAJORITY - AND - WE HOLD THE SAME TRUTHS AS SELF-EVIDENT AS OUR FOUNDERS; THEY ARE THE ONES ON THE MARGIN!] ---

BUT GETTING BACK TO MY POINT:  WHAT TURNS LEFTISTS INTO REALISTS - INTO SO-CALLED CONSERVATIVES IS NOT BEING MUGGED, BUT MATURING TO THE POINT WHERE THEY CAN ADMIT THAT SOCIALISM HAS FAILED AND ALWAYS FAILS AND THAT CONSERVATIVE POLICES WORK.

• REAGAN AND THATCHER SAVED THE USA AND THE UK.

• RED STATES ARE BETTER FOR PEOPLE THAN BLUE STATES.

• DOVISH APPEASEMENT ALWAYS INCREASES DANGERS.

THESE ARE INDISPUTABLE FACTS.

WHEN A LEFTIST CAN ADMIT THEM AS TRUE, THEN THEY ARE SAVED.

I KNOW:

I WAS A LEFTIST ONCE, JUST LIKE MY FRIEND.