Recently, Phillip Rucker of the Washington Post asked readers if Republicans and Democrats are talking about the same country, and proceeded to provide evidence that they may not be.  This is, of course, a wildly asinine question to ask.  The fact that it is even being posed as relevant inquiry signifies both the rudimentary nature of current political discourse in mainstream venues and the disrespect that mainstream pundits have for American audiences’ intellect. Have Rucker and the other tuned-in media pundits asking such lofty questions just not been listening or paying attention, or do they assume that we haven’t been doing so?  Barack Obama answered his question just days before his election back in 2008:  “We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.”  His wife Michelle was even more forthright.  “We are going to have to change our conversation,” she said. ...(Read Full Article)