I can only marvel at thinking you’ve been unheard. It’s been a roar in my ears for years, and unfortunately your nicely written article only reinforces that you think that more than half the country are ignorant, willfully misinformed & dupes of the right. The MSM, which I’ve watched, alongside the other outlets you named, has been hopelessly biased. The lies, ON BOTH SIDES, persist. it makes me sad that both are so entrenched. I’m of the opinion that we all have more in common than we do not. Perhaps we could all work on healing the breach and understanding each other, rather than wailing about the perceived injustices? However, given the record of the last 20 years- I don’t see that happening. Here’s the big question- would you rather be right or happy?
This is Keith’s wife and co-writer of our Substack answering you.
I was born in 1950, and I remember Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Today’s Democrats could’ve written the Republican planks for the ‘52 and ‘56 elections.
I was born and raised in Michigan, so I also remember our Republican Governor, George Romney, Mitt’s Dad, who represented Michigan at the 1963 Detroit March for Jobs and Freedom, which was the precursor for the Washington March a couple of months later.
As a Democrat, I’ve had, and still have, serious policy differences with Reagan, both Bushes, John McCain, and Mitt Romney.
But none of them were serial adulterers, convicted felons, rapists, multiple business failures, lovers of dictators, and in the pockets of our enemies.
None of them stole classified government documents, showed them to people who were not cleared to see them, called their supporters to the U.S. Capitol to destroy the building, called for the killing of their vice president, or tried to stop the counting of the electoral college votes because they lost.
None of them thought that calling people childish nicknames and calling America a “garbage can” was a compelling message to anyone but their cultish followers.
None of them have told documented tens of thousands of lies or threatened to destroy the Constitution and our very republic so that they can be a dictator on Day One and stay in power for life.
None of them demanded pure, total, and unquestioned loyalty to them as people instead of to the Constitution, as stated in the oath they had to take.
So no, “both sides” are NOT the same.
I call those non-MAGAs “regular and real Republicans,” as opposed to the Tea Party and MAGA Republicans of today.
We don’t need to “understand you;” you have shown us who you are and what you believe in by your vote.
So, yes, we are going to keep writing and keep speaking out for those of us on the RIGHT SIDE of history, and we are very happy to do so.
This pairing of two comments is the nation in a nutshell. Both of you are trying hard to be polite. And Michelle is right: We do have more in common than not. Both of you also note that no party is pure and blameless, but it's easy to see that Michelle is also sure that you are looking down on her. She has been told over and over that liberals look down on regular folks. Now, many lefties do look down on Trump voters because they can't imagine how anyone could be so ignorant as to vote against their own interests. But it's not ignorance, it's the right-wing news ecosystem. Michelle is being told things that are not true. Sorry, Michelle. They're lying to you. I'm not particularly leftist, and I'm no fan of the NY Times or the Washington Post. But Fox News, for example, is simply evil, because they know what they're doing. They're lying to you.
I can only marvel at thinking you’ve been unheard. It’s been a roar in my ears for years, and unfortunately your nicely written article only reinforces that you think that more than half the country are ignorant, willfully misinformed & dupes of the right. The MSM, which I’ve watched, alongside the other outlets you named, has been hopelessly biased. The lies, ON BOTH SIDES, persist. it makes me sad that both are so entrenched. I’m of the opinion that we all have more in common than we do not. Perhaps we could all work on healing the breach and understanding each other, rather than wailing about the perceived injustices? However, given the record of the last 20 years- I don’t see that happening. Here’s the big question- would you rather be right or happy?
Oh you poor misguided person.
This is Keith’s wife and co-writer of our Substack answering you.
I was born in 1950, and I remember Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Today’s Democrats could’ve written the Republican planks for the ‘52 and ‘56 elections.
I was born and raised in Michigan, so I also remember our Republican Governor, George Romney, Mitt’s Dad, who represented Michigan at the 1963 Detroit March for Jobs and Freedom, which was the precursor for the Washington March a couple of months later.
As a Democrat, I’ve had, and still have, serious policy differences with Reagan, both Bushes, John McCain, and Mitt Romney.
But none of them were serial adulterers, convicted felons, rapists, multiple business failures, lovers of dictators, and in the pockets of our enemies.
None of them stole classified government documents, showed them to people who were not cleared to see them, called their supporters to the U.S. Capitol to destroy the building, called for the killing of their vice president, or tried to stop the counting of the electoral college votes because they lost.
None of them thought that calling people childish nicknames and calling America a “garbage can” was a compelling message to anyone but their cultish followers.
None of them have told documented tens of thousands of lies or threatened to destroy the Constitution and our very republic so that they can be a dictator on Day One and stay in power for life.
None of them demanded pure, total, and unquestioned loyalty to them as people instead of to the Constitution, as stated in the oath they had to take.
So no, “both sides” are NOT the same.
I call those non-MAGAs “regular and real Republicans,” as opposed to the Tea Party and MAGA Republicans of today.
We don’t need to “understand you;” you have shown us who you are and what you believe in by your vote.
So, yes, we are going to keep writing and keep speaking out for those of us on the RIGHT SIDE of history, and we are very happy to do so.
This pairing of two comments is the nation in a nutshell. Both of you are trying hard to be polite. And Michelle is right: We do have more in common than not. Both of you also note that no party is pure and blameless, but it's easy to see that Michelle is also sure that you are looking down on her. She has been told over and over that liberals look down on regular folks. Now, many lefties do look down on Trump voters because they can't imagine how anyone could be so ignorant as to vote against their own interests. But it's not ignorance, it's the right-wing news ecosystem. Michelle is being told things that are not true. Sorry, Michelle. They're lying to you. I'm not particularly leftist, and I'm no fan of the NY Times or the Washington Post. But Fox News, for example, is simply evil, because they know what they're doing. They're lying to you.