They just need to shut up...

On both sides of the political isle, the most extremely partisan ends of both fringes just need to shut up!

On any given issue we all know what position they'll take and, therefore, what they'll say about it, so... why do they need to say it? Answer: they don't need to say it.

As far as getting anything done is concerned, they don't do anything worthwhile (aside from keeping dust off of chairs), so they can just shut the hell up and let more reasonable people speak, people who might actually have some interest in being fair-minded, positive, and conciliatory in doing work that matters.

Examples of the partisan hacks who need to learn to zip it are way too easy to find. They are the folks who will take a completely partisan, hard party-line position on every issue, regardless of its merits, its shadings, its subtleties, or its nuance, and they'll usually couch what they say within some quasi-nationalistic ("it's patriotic") framework. Cutting off our noses in spite of their faces is what they do best.

We would all be much better off if they just remained silent and allowed the reasonable people to speak, the people who sincerely want to advance what's good and proper and who only wish to speak with one another rather than always having to be the ones to speak at or over everyone else.

These biased bozos just need to drink a nice hot cup of shut the hell up, sit on the sidelines, and let the real work get done, because they certainly aren't doing any work by constantly flapping their lamely partisan lips.

And the media folk who flock to these fools as if they actually have something new and amazing to say need to stick to covering the real work that is can actually get done well between and within the two fringes.

Wow... I really do feel so much better for ranting, so now I'll shut up.