Tom Foley and Bill Young on the same day.
R.I.P. gentlemen.

Politically, we were polar opposites, but I respect your public service and wish you safe passage forward.

I disagreed with his policies, but he never seemed disagreeable.

...because, despite the difference of opinion, you could still reach an accord with them and go out for a beer afterwards. Those days are over.

There actually was a time when the left and right, for the most part, only disagreed about policy. Each side evaluated the facts, and then argued about what the facts meant, and what actions we should take because of the facts at hand.

These days the right wing either fails to, or refuses to, acknowledge facts. They work backwards.....they decide what policy they want, and then make up 'facts' to support their policy. And stunningly, a lot of them genuinely believe that their "made up stuff" deserves equal consideration to "stuff that is actually true". It's why most of them can't be reasoned with. You actually have a shot at changing someone's mind (or having yours changed) when the facts are recognized by both sides. As things stand, it's almost impossible to have a reasonable debate on policy.

Fox news at it again. I think they might have been going for Tom Foley.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017152903

As a hospice nurse I met once told me, "today they're car pooling"

Or did they kill him to cover up their mistake. LOL!