One example....LOL...you wanted enlightenment...doesn't require coffee...just an acknowledgement of the truth...but...it wasn't deflection....YOU requested "enlightenment" in response to my post about dem history as well as Lincoln.  I gave you a few (a very few).  EVERY dem controlled large urban area are notorious for their democrat machines, they've traded the cotton plantation for the gummint plantation, or they'd have been tossed out long ago.  Maybe you should stay in more...and do some reading.