Letters to the Editor
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Self-Delusion
I've wondered this too.
The final conclusion I've come to is the right wing blogosphere, the 25%ers and their ilk, and the overpaid think tankers are simply perpetuating an illusion. This is their loud, obnoxious version of clapping and hoping Tinkerbell lives.
I think they know, to an extent what they're doing - but since everyone else is doing it, they do it, and maybe this once they may be right, or this may not be right but they're VERY SURE they're right about everything else, or . . .
What it comes down to is these people are no different than a group of adolescents sitting around spinning stories about their schoolmates in some tiny, little clique, perpetuating fantastic lies - and trying to top each other.
I am truly hopeful that we will see a return to progressive politics in the years to come. Rest assured these people will fight that every step of the way, no matter what, just to maintain their delusions.