Never cared for the whole "Wesley Saves the Universe (Again)" schtick in STNG,

but I DO LOVE this!!!! BRAVO, Wil Wheaton! This role here is GREAT!!!! Just GREAT!!!!

Welcome to DU, mrchips!

Glad you're here. As you can see… we have some massively heavy discussions, and some of us are as hard on ourselves and our team captains as we are on those in the enemy camp. I personally would rather see all that vitriol directed more directly at the bad guys (the GOP) rather than our own, especially the poor sap in the White House who is taking the biggest beating every time something is perceived to have misstepped or just plain ol' gone wrong.

CRIMINY! I'm one of those who is still chafing at some of the things Will said about the President. And Will - I respectfully address this to you, too. YES you have a track record of some pretty fucking magnificent prose and I have MANY times screamed "BRAVO" at the top of my lungs. I've even had you as a guest on a radio show I hosted during Campaign '08. But for crying out loud - you were WRONG in your over-the-top laceration of the President when he dared to show the real, glaring, painful, and costly (emotionally as well as physically and financially) effects of war. That bothered me tremendously. And you were wrong again, in my own puffed-up-and-sometimes-ridiculously-annoying-and-cringeworthy opinion in further lacerating the President as a fucking SOB used car salesman. That bothered me an awful lot, too.

This man entered the White House aiming to HELP PEOPLE, dammit. Especially the neglected and outright broken ones. His heart was, and is, in the correct and honorable place. I mean, really - you'd prefer the alternative??? It's not his fault that we have a cavalcade of assholes climbing his ass from Day One. Actually, NIGHT One, when all the normal people with souls and consciences were celebrating on Inauguration Night, there was that cute little Sore Loserman cabal meeting in secret elsewhere in DC to plot their course toward ensuring his failure, and at least one gas giant on the radio bellowing flat out - "I Hope He FAILS!"

Voice your objections if you have them, Will. By all means. I've certainly complained, too, when I've found him lacking, disappointing, not this enough or that enough. But Jesus Mary and Joseph, you don't have to go after him with verbal neutron bombs. And then flatter yourself that you're being a great Democrat (?!?!?!?). Perhaps some occasional anger management efforts might be in order? Might help your blood pressure anyway.

And perhaps it's worthwhile to add one thing more, here. It's indicative of how much weight your words - yours in particular - carry, Will. That's a well-earned trophy and compliment as big as the Matterhorn. But it's a seriously heavy burden, and responsibility, that you're thus given to haul around, as well.

Dayum, I love that woman!