Ron, if you don't agree with something I say, you don't have to be so bloody insulting. It really is possible to disagree with people without doing that.

That said, I would still characterize the post I referred to as defeatist and simplistic--and for the reasons I cited.

When the poster is finished venting, perhaps she could tell us exactly why this is an inaccurate description.

I shouldn't have to defend myself against personal attacks. However, I was accurately stating the current reality. It is a fact that the majority in the Senate doesn't mean anything, because if it did, the Democrats in the Senate would have been able to pass a hell of a lot more legislation than they have. That's just a simple fact.

But you chose to read a lot of defeatist bullshit into what I said that just wasn't there. Because there is nothing in this world that you enjoy more than beating up on people.

Had I said that the majorities don't mean anything, so the Democrats in the Senate should just give up, that would have been defeatist. But I didn't, even though you just couldn't resist putting those words in my mouth just so you could hurl insults at me.

As it happens, I think it's incredibly important to recognize that the current majority in the Senate (and even the majority they had before Brown was elected) is meaningless, because if they don't, they'll keep beating their heads against the same wall they've been beating their heads against for the past year. They need to recognize that they will have to come up with some new strategies if they're going to get anything done. But you just couldn't bring yourself to bother to find out whether this was my meaning or if I was being defeatist. Because it's so much more fun attacking people and insulting them.

Just don't talk to me any more, Ron. I'm sick and tired of you.