Bill Maher Nails it!

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10. Maria, you're shooting at your allies for your enemies.

Turn to the right, aim, fire.

You have to realize a big part of why those controlling the Republicans loathe the Democratic Party is that, as Brush said, we have long believed in -- and implemented -- socialized answers for targeted problems, like the VA and to a far lesser degree Medicare and the ACA. Democrats created all 3, after all. That we haven't accomplished more does not mean we're against socialized solutions.

These socialized programs, btw, are far more widespread than you apparently realize, and they were all the result of liberals and moderate conservatives, most Democrats, deciding on the best means for dealing with real-world situations.

How about your own energy? Many energy companies have completely socialized systems. Is one of those yours? Mine here in Georgia is.

The nation is moving toward solar power, and it should all be socialized. The only way that will happen on a large scale, though, is if Democrats get power. In some areas, conservative governments have actually seized property rights so that the energy companies own all power the owner might produce on his own property, even making it illegal for residents to put solar cells on a greenhouse or shed without getting the energy company's permission.

You may also have noticed that the Republicans are trying to get net neutrality declared unconstitutional -- something Kavanaugh is expected to help with. That's because Democrats are trying to socialize the internet, and so Republicans have to destroy any possibility that we might succeed.

Some Republican state governments have made it illegal for communities to provide cell phone service as a utility. Democratic controlled legislatures are going the other way.

You speak of being on the right side of history, but I hope you are coming to understand what side that is. Blue states have many socialized public programs that red states and the federal government do not because Republicans blocked them.

People who want those and other socialized systems need to be on the only side that can make it happen for them -- the Democrats -- and not shooting at Democrats because someone has tricked them into it. Because only one side or the other is going to succeed, Democrats or Republicans. Maybe it shouldn't be that way, but it is.

And after that we will either have things like universal healthcare and the universal basic income Hillary is for but didn't think she had the numbers to run on in 2016, or, if Republicans get control of the Supreme Court, it's likely we will lose all existing socialized and other progressive programs for at least a generation after they're declared unconstitutional. That is their plan.