Well, for starters, it seems to me, a sense of humor. In addition, I wonder if we're losing our rationality and any ability to consider views other than our own -- substituting raw partisanship and avoiding hearing anything or anyone we disagree with -- kind of like a kid sticking his fingers in his ears and yelling "ya ya ya ya ya." This is not good, whatever one's politics, religion, moral stance, whatever.
Point 1 - Poor Francoise got trapped today -- forwarding a long email to a friend, which merely laid out the White House's positions on health care -- some items questionable, but at least a rational statement. Problem -- friend shares the e-mail address with husband, retired military and right wing extremist. He replied directly to her in an attempt at an intellectual answer, but actually a major put-down. Seems we are doomed (because we don't have a proper Republican administration) to live in a future "Brave New World" environment.
On sense of humor -- last Sunday on TV I heard Cokie Roberts, grinning, say that the current fashion of shouting down any real discussion at August "town hall meetings" must be due to a shortage of nuns. "Anyone raised by nuns would never act that way!" I knew just what she meant -- my mom would have called that behavior "really tacky." But I chanced on a left-wing YouTube taking the statement seriously and giving her hell for such stupid logic. Get real!
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