The Wisdom of Solomon

  According to the left, it is the Tea Party who are the extremists who are driving the Republican bus, and according to the right, the extreme left currently reside in the Whitehouse. So what is a poor citizen to do, but get trapped in the middle?
  The point that both the left and the right make by they're complaining, is that extremism is not a good thing, and on that, We the people couldn't agree more! In hard core politics, the stakes are high, because the rewards go to more then just wild wealth, they also go to feed that ultimate addiction, Power! A very few make the decisions for all of us, and consequently, they wield much power.
As far as the rank and file, there are three basic types? There are those who understand and adhere to the ideology, and so that makes two of the three. The third group is the largest, and it consists of those who do not understand what the core beliefs of the party are? For these it is simple, they vote for party and that is all that they know! That is why it is so frustrating trying to reason with this type? Because they can't see beyond party, and so they don't have the facts! If someone is ignorant on the subject, and all they can do is react with a prepared talking point, with that person, there is no reasoning.
  So, the fringe on the right, what shall we call them? Strict Constitutionalists? The fridge left already has a name, it is the one name those on the left are afraid to say, Socialists. We could have a much more mature conversation, if only they would all man up and admit it! Like them or not, the Constitutionalists are easy to find, they are not hidden behind names. But the Socialists hide amongst the liberals, and they couldn't be happier with their new moniker, and who can blame them? What kid would want to be known as anything other then progressive? Certainly not the Grand Old Party? that would sorta make them old before their time? But I digress. There is a wise king from out of the Bible, who when confronted by two unyielding types, in this case, two women both laying claim to the same baby. His decision after the two could not agree, was to split the baby in half! He knew that only the real mother would rather give up her baby then to see it killed. If you use that as a metaphor, then you would make the baby the United States. Now all you have to do is decide which side loves the country, and which one wants only to win, no matter the cost?