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I'm pretty much fed up with the 'conservative' social agenda that's been dominating American discourse. IMHO this is some sort of Taliban Lite, where fundamental religious views have become acceptable political platforms. I honestly feel for those conservatives that have libertarian bias to their economic and social views. What the current GOP offers does not satisfy that at all. Actually, Romney might have been that GOP guy once, but that's not allowed anymore. It's too bad, I find that type of conservatism compelling.
But, I am also sick of the Democrats and their GOP Lite style of politics, their timidity to stand for civil liberties, their reluctance to bite the corporate hands that feed them, and their utter inability to learn that the GOP has been trolling them for the better half of a decade. I want to see both conservatives and liberals duke it out in a manner where arguments are weighed by logical consistency, and their ability to map to real world data. I guess I'm pretty much just fed up with all the bullshit that we are asked to attend to. It diminishes us all. I admire that Jessica Winter can approach this with a sense of humor.