This stuff doesn’t help; it’s irresponsible and dangerous. I know both ends of the partisan spectrum are trying to emphasize the importance of the mid-term elections, and important they certainly are. But painting them in apocalyptic terms becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy at some point, and that point is being approached rapidly if it isn’t already here.
I could fisk both of the rants I read this morning, but so can you, I hope. Instead, I’m going to reprint them whole. That will be sufficient to highlight the hysteria and hyperbole, not to mention the lack of respect for our national values, the public, and the strength of our system.
This screed was brought to my attention by Steve Witherspoon (thanks, Steve, I think). The author, Dave Cieslewicz, calls himself a moderate on his blog, which advertises itself as “A safe place for moderates in a polarized world.” He was the mayor of Madison, Wisconsin for two terms, which alone debunks that claim. If Cieslewicz really is a moderate Democrat, it tells us something really scary about what the ones to his left are like.
Here is what’s on his site today:
Ethics Alarms 
The rant from the Left, here, meets the low ball of readable. The rant from the right is so unhinged I gave up half way through.
That is my reaction to Ace much of the time as well.
I finally took the time this evening to address Dave Cieslewicz’s essay.
Paranoia Strikes Deep, Into Your Life It Will Creep!
I did try to post a comment at about 8:45 this morning but Dave censored it.
IMO, there’s a distinct reason why former Mayor BikeShorts refuses to post Steve’s comments.
Intelligent, well-read Conservatives with both the ability and (heh!) the desire to post clear, logically reasoned opinions, grounded in the fact-based Reality, scare the shittake out of Lefty because it’s inimical to their cause
PWS
Talk about refusing to Drop_The_Shovel: Senate Dems Know How To De-Ice
MONEY QUOTE: “While they didn’t get the extension of Obamacare tax subsidies that they wanted, they succeeded in putting the issue front and center and assigning blame for massive premium increases where it belongs — WITH THE GOP. (bolds/caps mine)
The ACA was passed with ZERO Republican votes, LIED_INTO_LAW by Lefty, and the PLANdemic subsidies and their expiration cheerfully agreed to by Lefty…yet it’s Righty’s fault?
Time for (IMO) BikeShorts to submit to a Check-Up from the Neck-Up!
PWS