UPDATE: UN-romancing Ann Coulter...
Last week I speculated about a purely hypothetical scenario wherein a radical leftist contemplates dating a hot radical hot rightist. hot.
Instead of getting together to unite the divide in our country today, Lefty mentioned how Thanksgiving with family is great, but of course let “slip” that being the progressive in a family of conservatives makes for difficult digestion, etc. And that was that. After a bit of polite banter, they both suddenly realized that they were going to be busier over the holidays than they thought they’d be. As people always do, they danced around the truth, but in the end it didn’t matter.
It could’ve been less polite. It could’ve been a bit bloodier, or funnier. Perhaps Lefty was tempted to invoke a schedule conflict, like a meeting with the local Communist party, or terrorist cell, or that there were a shitload of “I hate America” signs to paint for the big anti-America rally, because as luck would have it there were no Michael Moore movies showing.
Or Righty could have suddenly remembered that there was a Klan lynchin’or Minutemen rally not to be missed, or that there was an abortion clinic to bomb that day. And, sadly, the Dick Cheney “Unbunkered” tour was not in town that night.
In the end, there was no blood, no foul. But if America is ever going to reunite, if Redstaters and Bluestaters are to again live in harmony, it will have to begin with Righties and Lefties like these sharing a few drinks and coming together. And then coming together again. And then, perhaps, sharing a smoke.