09-04-2018, 12:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-04-2018, 12:31 PM by Eric the Green.)
Making conclusions from a funeral is pointless. That event will pass soon. Our real condition is polarized between blue and red, left and right. There are squabbles within each side, and false hopes that polarization can somehow be avoided. That will be put aside. The red side is mostly united behind the extremist Trump, whether McCain was or not. The blue side needs to unite behind a determination and will to act on the issues of equity, gun control, climate reality and democratic reform. In the end it won't matter which generation the blue leaders are from. It won't matter whether the blue team's leaders are supposed to be more moderate or more progressive. The times they are a changing. Leaders will have to act and move us forward, or the people will move them out of the way.
I think McCain's passing is significant; it means the end of Silent Generation compromise. This cycle's reincarnation of Henry Clay is gone. We know what came next. It's up to us to handle it now the best we can.
I think McCain's passing is significant; it means the end of Silent Generation compromise. This cycle's reincarnation of Henry Clay is gone. We know what came next. It's up to us to handle it now the best we can.