As you know, madam, lots and lots of lurking primitives read this thread; in fact, by the time it's over and done with, it'll be one of the top threads in the DUmpster, just like similar ones from past years.
And there's an educational lesson (for the primitives; decent and civilized people already know this stuff) here.
Probably what's going to happen is Tucker is going to battle for his candidate for the Willie, and franksolich is going to battle just as hardly for his candidate. It's probably a pretty good guess that neither of us is going to budge; we'll go to the bitter end.
And it's a disagreement over a pretty important issue.
However.
However.
However.
Unlike the primitives, decent and civilized people don't let such things interfere with friendship; friends don't demand that everybody think as they do; one can be friends even in the presence of serious disagreement.
Probably the primitives don't know this, but Tucker and franksolich go back a very long way, a friendship and association based upon more than just ideology. A serious disagreement between the two of us isn't even going to cause a ripple in relations between us.
And so as mentioned, probably the next ten days the two of us are going to fight over this, neither of us giving ground. But after it's over, no matter who the winner is, there's going to continue, as there always has been, that mutual respect for, and confidence in, each other.
You know this stuff, and other members here know this stuff, but surely it must blow the minds of primitives away, this notion that one can disagree and still be good and close friends.
The primitives should stick that up their rectal apertures and contemplate it.
