text: "Ad hominem is his default position". Yes you are, but what am I? I point out lies, but more often I argue a positive position on matters of policy.
  
  As far as gratuitous insults, that's what your post is. You're a sorehead, Motley. I respond calmly to your lawyerly and twisted obfuscation which isn't so complex to untwist, once one learns the rules - red herrings, diversions from the topic at hand, complete refusal to discus the topic - you have perfected all the tricks. And we see daily that you aren't above personal attacks, as this post of yours amplifies.
  
  Here is the outline to happiness in America: liberalism has given this nation everything that makes it not Russia. Liberals are better educated and smarter than Trump voters, who generally are racist bigots. Republican budgets since Reagan have been basically borrow and spend, and give the wealthy every dollar that floats to the top. The only thing that trickles down is the contempt of Republicans for the masses.