What is the alternative? A culture of compromise? Keep in mind there are more than two sides, there always has been. There is a lot of bullshit these days, but it is not (always) just out of spite, some people actually do have values they believe in. Maybe "putting America first" is the reason some of us feel so strongly about the issues we feel so strongly about. Maybe we actually do feel that some things (like Obama's health care bill, or this INSANE out of control spending bullshit) are really going to hurt this country (American, not our "team") and that is why we stand against them. I think the checks and balances of varying opinions protects us to a good degree. God forbid either side should have their way unchecked. This whole "OMG! TEH COUNTRY IS COMING APART AT THE SEAMS!!!1" argument hasn't much merit, IMHO. Or at least I cannot see it, and have yet to hear a good argument for it. Every country has citizens with diverse political ideologies and opinions, why should the United States be any different? Oh yeah, but the political commentators say, "OMG, THESE NEOCONS ARE DIVIDING THIS COUNRY IN TWO!!!!1". Where were the cries for unity during the last administration?
Darth Chaltab said:
I don't pay attention to the mainstream media, my opinion of Palin has been formed from her own mouth--quotes that show she's rather ignorant of the national government's workings, pandering to the far right's opposition to health care reform on her twitter page, etc...
And after her ridiculous clothing expenditures during the campaign, I have doubts that she's really the fiscal conservative she pretends to be.
These two statements are very much at odds with each other. It was the mainstream media who made the huge fuss about her clothing, you claim you don't pay attention to the mainstream media, yet you use their exact argument concerning her clothing. Never mind how much Biden's suites cost, no matter what Michelle Obama's dresses cost, the neanderthal woman with the silly accent is paying too much for her clothes! What is this world coming too! Just be honest Chalt's, are you really not paying attention to the mainstream media on this one?
Also, it is interesting you'd attribute opposition to health care reform as something belonging to the "far right", and assuming that Palin "twittering" about it means she is pandering, rather than genuinely caring about it herself. I am adamantly against health care reform (in the form of Obama's health care plan anyway, I do however, feel the current system needs fixed), does this mean I am pandering? Or "far right"? (everyone here would probably answer this question with a "Yes", which kind of makes me laugh).