This is the belief of the Left: You negotiate with evil, and get tough with your allies

Hillary Clinton wanted to hide what she was doing so that there was no trail

Is there a point of taxation wherein even a Democrat would acknowledge it is thievery by the government?

By definition, the moment one crosses from center to left, one accepts more government control of people's lives. Therefore, the further left society moves, the more there is government control over its citizens' lives. It is astonishing that this obvious fact is not universally acknowledged and that the Left has somehow successfully portrayed itself as preoccupied with personal liberty.

A bad mood is like bad breath. Both are wrong to inflict onto others

Leftist big-government policies have been disastrous for black America just as they were in the countries that most Hispanics emigrated from. But like the gambling addict who keeps gambling the more he loses, those addicted to government entitlements keep increasing the size of the government even as their situation worsens.

Leftism hides under an intellectual veneer, but underneath it is all emotion