Re: "drowning the conversation in the bathtub"
TB, help me understand. I said "average high school graduate", "health insurance" and "pension"..
You read - "And really, do you honestly think any liberal could visualize the ideal high school graduate Working Man as anything other than a union member? Go ahead. Try it."
You got "ideal high school graduate", and "union member" out of that.
Had you asked I would have allowed I didn't say or mean to imply either of those.
How did we manage to wind up with the English language having such different meanings for each of us?