Why the Mushy Middle Annoys Me
23rd August 2012
Bob Belvedere speaks for all right-thinking folks.
Up until about the 1950?s there never was a time in American Politics where partisanship did not rule in our public affairs, even in War. And it served the cause of preservation of The Republic well because it gave us clear lines of demarcation between the different visions that were competing to direct the course of our progress and survival.
It was only when the Left was well on it’s way in it’s march through all of our institutions that ‘Bi-Partisanship!’ became the Holy Grail of our politics. And this was something touted by the Left.
Once they had taken control of The Narrative, once Leftist Thinking began to dominate our politics, it was in their best interests to convince everyone that cooperation on all things was the most important goal. This was because they now dictated the rules, they ran the game, so any compromise would naturally favor them and their schemes. As it has.
The Mushy Middle is composed of people who are not willing to pull a regular shift of guard duty for our freedoms and liberties. They treat their obligations as citizens of a constitutional republic like they treat any other tiresome, but forced-upon-them obligation — they’ll expend the absolute minimum effort on it and quickly move on to something more ‘enjoyable’ and/or more ‘fulfilling’.
They possess no sense of responsibility as citizens of The United States Of America. They cheerfully boast of their dereliction of duty and joke about their self-imposed cluelessness.
They annoy the living Hell out of me.
And that says pretty much everything that needs to be said on the subject.
August 23rd, 2012 at 19:05
Thank you for the kind words.
My cup of annoyance runneth over these days.
August 24th, 2012 at 06:13
As well it might.