The rare W, let's take a moment to appreciate that there is at least 1 thing we have in common and perhaps work towards finding out there happens to be more still than we might have realized. I swear not all 'conservatives' are bad, just the same as not all 'liberals' are good.

I have a customer who's got a fading maga hat who i found out is not long for this world. He put it to me the other day: "I'm not exactly buying green bananas these days" when describing his outlook for the future and i can't let go of that moment. I've known him for years and any time he's needed my help I've always done my best for him and his wife, and they always genuinely appreciated it. We've had many enjoyable conversations about various things out on their back porch. Really nice people. Even the most recent job was something i wasn't explicitly familiar with but i went for it because of who they are. I really feel like there are boundaries between a lot of us that will not be crossable, especially for those at the extremes of the spectrum. Still, I think there's a lot more common-sense folks on both sides that would vote for a 3rd party a-la Bernie that could overtake the D/R divide but the whole thing is so ridiculously gamed at this point that it's beyond the realm of possibility. I'm just blathering incoherently at this point, but i hope something meaningful got through, lol.