[Pilly]

I happen to believe that, while some of us may loathe the Democratic party, America is best served by two vigorous political parties which disagree with each other. Not to the point of divisiveness: Jim's post shows no interest in working with Democrats to improve America -- but to the point where we can sit down and think rationally about what each other is saying. Otherwise, we won't be heard, and we can't consider their thinking in making sure our policies are sufficiently robust. America NEEDS us to understand each other. In the same way that businesses improve through strong competition, we need the Democrats. If they go away, we will grow complacent.

Besides, they are not Satan: they are our fellow Americans. And anyone who thinks disagreement originated in this generation hasn't spent enough time reading about the debates and discussion which led to our constitution and its bill of rights.

[Taxman]

I, too, believe that "America is best served by two vigorous political parties which disagree with each other."

Would it not be interesting if, instead of promising Socialism (Democrat Party) or socialism (Republican Party), both parties were arguing about which one was best equipped to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States?"

BTW, the LIEberal/Socialist/Marxist Bastards who pass themselves off as "Democrats" are evil. If you do not believe that, check your premises. They do not "make nice;" never have, never will, and it is foolish to think otherwise.

They are our enemies, and they seek to destroy the United States and all it stands for. Pure and simple.

[meyer]

I happen to believe that, while some of us may loathe the Democratic party, America is best served by two vigorous political parties which disagree with each other. Not to the point of divisiveness: Jim's post shows no interest in working with Democrats to improve America -- but to the point where we can sit down and think rationally about what each other is saying. Otherwise, we won't be heard, and we can't consider their thinking in making sure our policies are sufficiently robust. America NEEDS us to understand each other. In the same way that businesses improve through strong competition, we need the Democrats. If they go away, we will grow complacent.

I don't think Jim is arguing against a 2 party system here. Yes, there always needs to be dissention as it is healthy. But there are areas that are off limits to our elected officials and to the judicial branch and those areas are roped off by that fragile document called the constitution. It is supposed to be absolute, but that is no longer the case. And that is the crux of this country's problems - an activist judicial branch has weasel-worded its way around the constitution and is producing the exact tyranny that the constitution was written to prevent.

Besides, they are not Satan: they are our fellow Americans. And anyone who thinks disagreement originated in this generation hasn't spent enough time reading about the debates and discussion which led to our constitution and its bill of rights.

I'll agree that most people that vote democrat aren't Satan - they are simply either uninformed or enjoying the free ride that their democratic leaders provide at someone else's expense. But the leadership - the Hitlery's, the Schumers, the Kennedy's, they are as close to Satan as one can humanly get without growing a pointy pitch-forked tail. They are evil. They are epitome of abuse of power and are exactly the type of people from which the constitution was designed to protect us ordinary folks.