You’re literally saying that “the truly spineless speak to both sides,” while praising Manchin for going independent on a different post.    You don’t admire thought… you want people who think exactly like you. That’s the basis of fascism, totalitarianism, and every other form of government that doesn’t allow any divergence from the beliefs of one particular group.    We have a constitutional republic, where the views of ALL are to be considered. People with “no compromise” are the true un-American dirtbags, and opposed to everything that our founding fathers stood for.    You know what all totalitarian forms of government have in common? They all fall over shortly. Even if you were to get your way and force your beliefs-and your beliefs only-onto everyone regardless of their opinions? The masses would rise up and hang you and your type’s headless corpses from street signs.    That’s what you failed to understand… people that think like you are outnumbered, and you’ve abandoned the one true God in favor of worshiping a golden calf.  Or at least an orange haired one.    Everybody knows that Israel is continuously being punished for their sins, turning their back on God. That’s where we are in the USA.  It’s not the secularists or leftists that have turned away-it’s the Christians. Instead of shunning the very appearance of evil, they say “just because he boasts of attacking women, he’d never rape a woman.”   The turning away from God by America isn’t talking about the non-believers-it’s talking about people who claim to know Christ and then following a heretic. 

1-3  throwing error  0-5 Franklin

lead off double  1-3  throwing error  0-4 Franklin 

0-3 Franklin  middle of 4th

0-3 Franklin  end of 3rd