Designing hair is my deep love and art.

The Republicans are so unpopular that any semi-competent opposition party should be sauntering to victory

passing the hat

Or, the short version: fuck you and the $5 you rode in on, you dimwit noisemonger sockpuppet sack of shit.

Democracy as a government relies upon the ability of factions to compromise on divisive issues through rational debate instead of violence. The current political power brokers have figured out how to short circuit this process by focusing national attention on issues which are based on differences of non-negotiable, irrational moral sentiment, and are thus not subject to resolution through rational reconciliation. They've broken democracy.