The Sadness of Old Liberals

I think nothing is more mournful than a cranky old sad lefty. I have a few friends who are left wing and have years under their belt who have not been infected with the liberal old person flu, but if I might generalize, most are pretty grumpy nasty unpleasant people.

Jimmy Carter
Nancy Pelosi
Garrison Keilor
Bill Maher
Joy Behar

And many others.

Then there are those who on the outside are very liberal but underneath have middle right sensibilities that belie their liberalism. Whoopi Goldberg would be one. I heard an interesting story from a business associate that confirmed this assumption with me.

When a person is young they can and SHOULD be a radical. They should believe. They should push for progressive change. It's part of growing up. Then, when they get older it's time to put away childish things and see the world for what it really is. Some never do. They become the face of Old Lefties.

Not pretty - Exhibit A:



Abraham Lincoln once said that a Man's face is the roadmap on which you can see all the joys and pain they have endured. Garrison's is not a good map to joy.