Partisan Politics: Are We Willing To Cut Them Loose For The Sake Of The Country?

Gypsy, I whole-heartedly agree. I think if we all did in politics what we do in every other facet of our lives, we'd be better off. We don't holler at each other on the job, right? When our Pastor says something we disagree with we don't call him a racist or a commie, do we? No, we always step over to the side, and talk it out. I can't tell you how many times I've had to sit down with my old boss and hash out our differences. Where there times when it was heated or driven by anger? Sure! but we were always respectful. In Church, there have been times when the preacher said something I thought was a misinterperetation of the Scripture, and I met with him over coffee and discussed it rationally and referred back to the chapter and didn't just quote one little verse, but the whole chapter, so as not to take it out of context. You see, that's what hasn't been done. We have been led around like sheep by the two parties, and pitted against one another in a red/blue dogfight that never ends. Why do you think Rush Limbaugh and Keith Olberman and Sean Hannity and Rachel Maddow have so many listeners and viewers? They DIRECTLY oppose one another, and it's no accident.