Shore sums it up

Denny Crane: Your closing was very convincing. Almost as if you believed it.

Alan Shore: I did.

Denny Crane: You do love America.

Alan Shore: Of course I do. I didn’t agree with the string our government attached to the money in this case, but we have every right to attach strings to the funds we give.

Denny Crane: That’s my boy.

Alan Shore: I’m your friend, Denny, but I’m not your boy. That’s what troubles me. This notion that we have to take sides in this country now, you’re either with us or against us, Republican or Democrat, red state or blue state.

Denny Crane: I can’t believe I live in a blue state. I mean…

Alan Shore: No one looks at an issue and struggles over the right position to take anymore. And yet, our ability to reason is what makes us human. Lately, we seem so willing to forfeit that gift of reason in exchange for the good feeling of belonging to a group. We all just take the position of our team. I’ve certainly done it and hated myself for it.

Denny Crane: I’ve never heard you make so much sense.

Alan Shore: I make sense all the time; you just listen intermittently.

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Shore, A. and D. Crane (2006) “Squid Pro Quo” in Boston Legal, Season 2, Episode No. 42. First aired May 9, 2006