The Hysterical Style in American Politics

The post-Joe McCarthy era and the candidacy of Barry Goldwater once prompted liberal political scientist Richard Hofstadter to chronicle a supposedly long-standing right-wing “paranoid style” of conspiracy-fed extremism.

But far more common, especially in the 21 century, has been a left-wing, hysterical style of inventing scandals and manipulating perceived tensions for political advantage......... 

Nothing was off limits—not forging a federal court document, calling for a military coup, rioting on Inauguration Day, or radically changing the way Americans voted in presidential elections.

- Victor Davis Hanson 

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Bathtub Musings From the Wilds of the Frozen South

* If someone comes to me asking for advice I usually assume they're out of all other rational options. 🤣

* It seems to me very irresponsible to start new year the day after a year as bad as 2023 was ends. Borderline recklessness.

* I'm considering being fully delusional this year to see where it takes me because being sensible hasn't glean the results I was looking for.

* Am I the only one who noticed not once in the Fast and Furious movies did they stop for any gas?

* Gentlemen, "fuck me up" is never the appropriate response to the waiter at The Olive Garden when they ask you how much cheese you want.

* Do Not mess with Librarians....the inner strength required to meticulously care for history's greatest works of literature and then just let total strangers borrow them willy nilly is Jedi level stuff.

* One disorienting thing about getting older that no one tells you about is how weird it feels to get a passionate, extremely wrong lecture from a much younger person about verifiable historical events you can personally remember very well.

* Any dog can be a guide dog if you don't care where you're going.

* I wonder if the Virgin Mary was like, you can just call me Mary, there is no need.

* Ever take you glasses off at night and think damn, natural selection would have taken my ass a long time ago if it weren't for the development of optometry!

* My dentist gave me Amoxicillin my last visit and said you can't drink while taking it, so I'm doing the mature thing and heeding his warning and not taking the medicine.

* The divorce rate among my socks is astonishing!

* I've been told before I'm kinda like the total package that got fucked up in shipping and handling. 🤣🤣

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Until the roads are passable and the internet dude can get to my shack and bring me a new modem I probably won't be posting but will be checking in on my mobile talking device thingy.

A Good Monday Morning

Sunday Soothingness

Winter has arrived, so for you, some warm Sunday Soothingness.  Another choice morsel drawn from your Beloved Blog Editrix's personal digs, I give you a track titled "Rainmaker" lifted from the classic 1971 Traffic album "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys."

Enjoy your Sunday. And to everyone this side of the equator, Stay Warm.

 

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