[Jim Moonan]

There is a fundamental flaw in all of this. More and more (approaching the tipping point) Americans are not identifying as left/right/liberal/conservative or forming allegiance with any political party. The millennial mantra, as I understand it, is "issues not ideologies. Individuals not party" or something like that.

In this current world of tumult , throw that into the mix. It is what I think must happen to save politics from itself. Political evolution. Political reinvention. No more parties! No more clubs! Talk issues not ideologies.

I would go out on a limb and guess that John W. has some "left" blood in him. There is some "right " blood in me. I'm pretty sure all of us are a patchwork. The dangerous elements are the swath of both Left and Right that are pathetically doctrinaire.

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say there's no correlation between animal lovers and politics. But it's been proven ad infinitum that politics, money and power have some association with each other. And sex is the wild card. Watchdogs needed. Ideologues and Evangelicals. Look out.