I had an epiphany ...

[IrishAyes]

31. Just because you don't understand something doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't 'track'

Otherwise we'd find ourselves in a situation where I require outside validation, something that really doesn't 'track' with me!

Regardless, perhaps we can agree that too few publicly prominent lefties support President Obama to the degree he deserves. That apparent fact has no bearing on what I am or am not personally. Although it's a mere construct, I'm stipulating for discussion that Marx represents one end of the political spectrum and perhaps Larouche and company the other. Wellstone was at least close to Kucinich, btw.

My own self assessment - remember I know myself better than anyone else does and therefore might provide the closest mark - reads lifelong ardent ultra-socialist. Make of that whatever you wish. To the teabaggers here in RedNeckLand, I'm a threat to everything they hold dear.

I certainly hope so. It would make a fine epitaph.