Fair enough ...

I suppose you're right about both things: we have "agreed" uncharacteristically often as of late, and I shouldn't expect "the rest of the world" to operate from historical perspectives regarding modern politics and policy, so as I said, fair enough.

On the former though, our "agreeance" as of late. I assign that to two very specific developments. 1.) Titus has taken a huge leap - I'll call it "right" for lack of a better word - on a certain issue that has long separated quote, unquote "conservative" and "liberal" ideology. And that is the 2nd amendment. You add that to his predisposition to traditional social values via his faith, AND just as important the Democrat Party's monumental leap leftward and presto - you have he and I backing the same candidates over the same issues. There's your lack of head-butting. You add to that our agreeance to disagree on old issues ( a natural side effect of a sustained friendship) - say whether it was New Deal policies or WWII that brought us out of the Great Depression - and the rage button gets pushed much less often (although if I remember correctly I won more concessions then not regarding my position on that issue).

So, for Richter or anyone else that wants to venture in with opinions... welcome. But bare in mind, just because the "Bund at-large" haven't driven each other to pounding on the key board as of late, doesn't mean we've forgotten how. So don't takethings "too" personally if it should come to that ... he,he.

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By the way, I saw "daydreambeliever" posted comments (which I cleared) over her frustrations with Mac & co expressing outrage over this "lipstick-gate" development. Look, I watched the entire segement of Barak mentioning this "If you put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig". Two things are clear. He was in fact in the middle of a discussion about education. However, and this is the second thing - as he said the actual sentence he stops after "If you put lipstick on a pig..." as the Obama friendly audience errupts in cheers, applauuse and laughter. Then Barak smiles, and pauses. Then as he finishes ...it's still a pig", the laughter and applause continues. NOW, in politics this is what they call "plausible deniability." Everyone whom watched that video knows exactly what was happening - he was making a dig at Sarah due to her famous "lipstick on a pit bull" comment while driving home the point that McCain is not the agent of change. When you watch the video that is clear. However, Barak can, with a straight face and in all truth say, "hey, we were discussing education, not Governor Palin." There's your plausible deniability - a wink and an elbow say one thing while your words say another.

And by the way, had there not been this immense piling on of attacks on Palin from the left in the first place (the SC DNC Chairwoman said just today, "Sarah Palin's chief qualification seems to be that she didn't have an abortion."), then this Obama comment about lipstick wouldn't have fed into the already established narrative that they are out to destroy Palin, thus the story would have no legs. But they have, and he did, and it does.

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And when are we going to make tommorrow a national holiday - day of mourning as it were?