Smalley: Of civility and party credibility
If there's any question who my favorite op-ed writer at the FLS is at the moment, it's Dave Smalley by a mile:It goes beyond differing political prescriptions. This is a democracy; we're supposed to have differences. But when we see a party whose leading senator publicly uses words like 'idiot' and 'loser' to describe the president of the United States, that's not politics--that's an obsession.
When we have the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate comparing our troops to Nazis, Stalinists, and the Khmer Rouge, that's not merely unfair--it's pathological.
When the chairman of the Democratic Party says he hates Republicans and 'everything they stand for,' that's not just the worst way to win new supporters--it's narcissistic and self-destructive.
Can't we all get along? If you aren't an avid reader of the FLS, or are and just haven't taken the time to read Smalley's op-eds, do so. It's always red meat, always well-written, and always an argument that either gives you reason to think or reflect.
I eagerly await the Democratic response (if any).
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