I’d like to thank Old Grouch, Eric, Fresh Air, John Moore and others I’m too lazy to scroll up and get the names of. Good points. There is a comprehensive story to be told that pre-empts the ridiculous memes or turns them on themselves. An “elevator pitch” really begins life as a comprehensive and extensive “true story” and is then distilled into the main points that can be easily delivered and understood and, hopefully, whets interest and generates further discussion. You’ve all given me good info. Its going to take longer than I initially thought, and some other things have decided they need attention over the next few days, so it will take some time. But I will be perstering some of y’all to punch some holes and patch some cracks Thanks again!

And nobody is going to convert the believers. As far as I can tell the general population is somewhere around 40-45% on each “side”. That leaves somewhere between 10 and 20% “undecided” or “subject to being turned”. That is the group that really matters.

In my more optimistic moments I suspect that the MSM has turned up the volume and shrillness too early and loud and cannot hold the crescendo long enough without wearing out the audience and making them wish the unpleasant noise would stop already and, therefore, their actions will backfire on them. Sort of like every time you’re just about ready to give Today’s Youths a pass on that hip-hop racket they listen to, some kid parks across the street and sits there thumping so loud that cracks start appearing in your walls.