A Pause in the Circular Firing Squad

We are in the midst of a national — and actually, global — crisis that has the impeached President of the United States gaslighting a good portion of our citizens and enrolling people at the highest levels of government in his criminal activity. He is, piece by piece, corrupting and/or dismantling institutions with the full support of most Republican members of Congress, their livelihoods riding on their unwavering backing of a man who all at once has no idea what he’s doing and knows exactly what he is doing.

And in the thick of that stress, I have to wade into a middle school level Warren-Sanders squabble in my party.

Oh my God.

First, facts:

~ If either of them is the Democratic candidate for President, I will happily vote for him or her.

~ Neither of them has been canonized, last I checked.

~ I don’t particularly want to have a beer with either one because, hell, if I hear the words “Wall Street” one more time my head’s going to explode.

So let’s pull back here. Thousands of people seem absolutely certain what transpired in a conversation between two people. News flash! You weren’t in the room. Most of you have never met either one of these human beings.