[Superman]

Y'know, I wonder......

I see caricatures of liberals and scratch my head. They're imagined as "elitist," a term I find completely incredible. That's the OPPOSITE of the traditional view of democrats. Traditionally, the republican party has been the elitist party, and the democratic party has been seen as the party for the Ordinary Joe Lunchpail. I won't go on, but my point in this paragraph is that liberals and democrats are being caricaturized as something they're generally not.

Same with conservatives and republicans. Most everyone is a fiscal conservative, including the VAST majority of liberals and democrats. I know and respect quite a few staunch republicans, including ones who have been in leadership roles in that party for decades. This weekend, I will attend a 90th birthday party for someone who ran for Governor of a state, and who Emcee'd the fund raiser when Ronalc Reagan came to town. Very much a republican. Not at all the war-mongering, greedy, corporation-friendly, hearless beast we have come to associate recently with that party. Indeed, this person is as compassionate as I am, at least. Our chats are wonderful experiences for me.

Okay, so my point is that there has been created this artificial division in our country that simply does not exist except in propaganda and political marketing. The true distance between our beliefs (for example, between my beliefs and Lendaddy's beliefs) are MINISCULE. We actually believe the EXACT same things....and disagree only on tactics and implementation details.

Back to a familiar Superman theme. It's not "us" and "them" (unless you're talking about a very good Pink Floyd song). It's just "us." Gubmint is not "them." Conservatives and liberals are not "them." Divide and conquer has worked within our nation, and it's time we united. Again.