Good on you and co-workers!

Please extend my congratulations to one and all.

I have a birth-certificate coffee mug also, but my dogs never say anything about it. There's a lot to be said for the peace and quiet of living alone, but conversation sometimes lags.

Has anyone else noticed

how much Yelton even LOOKS like Archie Bunker?

Sorry I can't get the rec button to work; I'll try again later

But that's a very important OP. Sometimes I think abuse at the hands (or voice) of another female does more damage to a female victim's self esteem than if it came from a man - which is bad enough.

There's a difference between healthy skepticism and termite behavior.

I seriously doubt you'd accept Harry's accomplishments regardless of what he does. But I realize some people will never be satisfied or even pleased no matter what. Fortunately when they're in the vast minority, their ability to damage is minimal.

And you're the political science authority in the room?

I read your post carefully. You 'illustrated' the 'problem' to your own satisfaction, true,

But hardly to my own or many others'. Of course I answered my own question: for the benefit of those who might be clueless.

Trying to back up your own misperceptions with more of the same only compounds your mistake. You might desire an outcome beneficial to all, but when your basic premise remains false, you'll fall far short of the goal. Weak premise, weak argument, weak result.

How has he maintained his position so long if he's such a horribly ineffective

communicator as you maintain? He IS elected Speaker by his peers, you know. Consistently, over a long period of time. I think you're confusing your dislike with reality. The GOP has tried for years to drive a stake through his heart to no avail. Saying he's a poor communicator is as off the mark as saying that about the President and Nancy Pelosi. Together they form what the TPs call an unholy trinity.

Thanks, but remember I was sick in bed and no remote at hand

Otherwise I'd have turned him off too. Reading short articles in which he's featured is about my natural limit. Must do that much because we fail to know our enemy at our own peril. But enough's enough!

Arpaio is probably toasting the death of a child this evening.

People who applaud it have already sunk to his level. There's no deeper to go!

What YOU said! I'm just sick over this too.

If I had a close relative who ever said some of this callous stuff about shooting little kids playing with obviously toy guns, I'd never speak to him or her again, even if it were a rich aunt or uncle certain to cut me from the will.

My personal opionion is that people who concur in what happened haven't earned their space on this planet. They'd sing a different tune if it had been their own child.

God save us from our saviors.