tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362236352949772857.post4090442546581609433..comments2023-08-24T19:55:57.599-07:00Comments on Contrariety [sic erat scriptum]: Revolutionary Disseverance, “You say you want a revolution? Well, you know…” dbrkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18323403103114744193noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362236352949772857.post-75277738189594607852015-10-21T14:03:19.193-07:002015-10-21T14:03:19.193-07:00Douglas, I appreciate these observations so much,...Douglas, I appreciate these observations so much, but why so pessimistic?<br /> <br />There must be another way to see this situation. How about instead, we take Chafee’s example and examine how much the Republican Party has shifted further and further to the right? Frighteningly so, as you point out. I have a feeling that this may not end in their favor. And I think the answer that the Dems will need lies right there. The Republicans will tear themselves apart from the inside. Yes, they will vote with zeal. Yes they will be lead by religious conviction (which is so against the rules..). But they won’t be able to agree on a candidate just as they haven’t been able to agree on a Speaker. At least I pray (Yes, I said that) that this is how things will go. They are not all fanatics. But, yes, they do vote. This may be a narrow angle through which social equalities can be saved… IF we can out vote them. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443842346395865101noreply@blogger.com