Today's Must Read

This post, from Mahablog. I think it hits the essential differences between the contemporary left and right:

Go back to the first sentence in the SOTU quote above – The future we want – opportunity and security for our families; a rising standard of living and a sustainable, peaceful planet for our kids – all that is within our reach. This is the liberal/progressive vision in a nutshell. . . .

I don’t think the Right wants that stuff. They may say they do, but their votes say otherwise. All they seem to want is wealth and power for themselves, and if that’s at the expense of others (including fellow Americans), so be it. And because they don’t understand what we lefties hope to achieve, nothing we do or say makes sense to them. All they understand is power and privilege.

Just think about what we're hearing from the candidates of both parties: the Democrats are talking policy aimed at the most benefit for all of us, the Republicans are peddling division.

I'm old enough to remember a time when both parties subscribed to a vision of the greatest good for the greatest number. They differed on how to get there, but the goals were essentially the same. Not any more.

Read the whole thing.