because the way that both the McConnell types and the Cruz types are behaving is stupid and inane; it's a self-defeating, politically suicidal slap fight, and my graphic is intended to get my point across in a most viceral, discomfiting way. If you find it offensive, then it's at least achieved part of its purpose.
And telling someone to "Get it through your head" is an attack on that person's intellect and understanding - which is to say, an attack on the person - and not an attack on the ideas expressed by that person.
You are missing my point.
I understand your point: you don't like the intra-party fighting. To that I say, "It is, what it is. Not a whole heck of a lot that I can do about that."
My point is simple: You are mischaracterizing the GOPe (or what ever you want to call them) as "moderates," and you do it relentlessly here. It is like a disinformation campaign. I addressed this view of "moderation"
here yesterday:
I would caution on this, don't let them dictate the terms of the debate. What we are talking about here are not "moderates." The better terms are Big Government Wing of the GOP, Statists, Neo-Statists (if you prefer Levin's nod to his GOP roots), Establishment Class, etc. Leaving aside all of the "social or moral" issues (which I personally would like to see removed from government as much as possible), an honest and objective assessment of the performance of the GOP (when in control) over the past 100 years, certainly doesn't give one the impression of "moderation."
Almost $18 Trillion in Debt (not even touching on the weight on the Trillions of unfunded liabilities), a FedGov:
- that spends $3.n Trillion per year (again, not counting the accrual for a couple Trillion in unfunded liabilities),
- that must borrow an obscene amount each day (regardless of the staggering amount of tax dollars sucked out of the private economy and private citizens),
- that now has more extra-Constitutional agencies (that takes two hands to count), and
- trots out a daily set of abuses of power (from the completely unleashed regulatory arms) that fills this forum (and others like it) with pages and pages of threads each day.
No, this isn't the result of one party's abuses and disregard of the Constitution with another party "moderating" things. It is the result of both parties being corrupted with (albeit different flavors of) statism, and a complete disregard for the constraints and guidance of the Constitution.
(I don't need to list all of the extra-Constitional Federal Agencies created, massive entitlement programs created or expanded, or any of the other completely un-Constitional measures established by the GOP. Anyone paying attention over the past N years is well aware of them. But just a peek at recent history should be representative: did you ever imagine that a GOP-controlled House would vote to not merely raise the Debt Limit, but "suspend" it, 3 times in a row now. "Suspend" it, like it just doesn't exist. A "blank check" delivered into the hands of the most abusive & corrupt regime ever to occupy DC. No, these aren't "moderates.")
So no, it isn't a matter of making nice with the "moderates" so that we can all "win," link arms, and set about fixing things. It is about removing the festering brood of statists, root and branch, from within the only party that can be salvaged at this point in time. That's what this "debate" is all about.
If that is your view of "moderation," then perhaps we do have to agree to disagree. (And I didn't intend "get it through your head" as an attack on your intellect or understanding, if anything it was an "attack" on your apparent stubbornness!!)