[12Gauge687]

You’re on the ball. Not only was he stooping to DU and HuffPo tactics but he was totally unprofessional, especially as a volunteer for a state-sanctioned event.

As a design professional, I get lots of dim Dem clients in the Chicagoland area and I have to bite my tongue and behave professionally more often than not. Most of the contractors and consultants I deal with are libertarians and we’re amazed at the blind belief in big government.

And that’s also why there are service members who vote liberal and Dem; somewhere in their mind, they think civilian government can be an extension of the military and all it needs is a change in discipline and training in order for everybody to have their entitlement. Not likely! If one reads Making the Corps by Thomas Ricks, there exists a pretty strong separation between the Marines and the general population. The more time passes, the higher that wall gets.

[Aliska]

Re #104 and 130. The addresses of my post seem to be more or less on the same page as I as well as some other posts I read. We've (the nation) obviously become more divided than ever. A lot is at stake that wasn't before. Many of us have family members who voted for Obama. Some I don't know how they voted. Remember when it didn't used to matter so much? I'm retired but back when I worked, I don't think we were supposed to discuss politics or campaign in the office (govt), shudder to think how it might be now.

People have been all over the map on this thread, so no sense in pouring more fuel on the fire. A lot of what they say is absolutely true, too, just that the end doesn't always justify the means on our side.

I told my son it's really hard getting old and knowing what could be coming my way and having to live now with what I know to the end of my days. This is more a 2nd amendment thread, but I have to think about the 1st and right to life all added to the mix. Sometimes you have to just try to disassociate yourself from it and do something while we still can that doesn't involve such polarization.

I put myself in the place of that instructor. I might feel just as he does, but I have a choice on how and when to act on what I feel. Sometimes it is truly hard to bite your tongue. I think the tide is starting to turn a little but not necessarily back to Republicans or conservatism; we'll have to see how it plays out.

Just today I was thinking about somebody I met on the web; he didn't throw it in my face about Bush, said we didn't have good choices. He switched his usual R vote this time, but he and his friends are starting to be upset, and I told myself if they come around, don't you dare rub their noses in it.