The refrain from leftists about this or that being "not who we are" is the only thing they say that you can take to the bank.  They are not speaking for American values, or even beneficial values.  They are virtue-signaling, with emphasis more on the signal than the virtue. America had values before these self-important nitwits came along.  We believed in working for what we get and getting what we work for.  We believed in fair treatment of each and every person.  We believed in justice (without the prefix "social").  We believed that a person should be allowed to pursue his happiness as long as he doesn't hurt others in the process.  We believed that most people could and should decide what kind of light bulb, what kind of toilet, and how big a serving of soda they want, without the government forcing a designated decision down everyone's throat. We knew that money buys...(Read Full Post)