[mountainbunny]

Card Check=USSR. I do not care who hates me for it, I wish Mitt would have won our primary and I also think he could have beat Obama. He is the man that would have done a fantastic job as president with the problems we are now confronted with. He is also an excellent communicator. Flame away. Mitt is and has been in the trenches for us all along.

I have to ask: Why do you think people hate you? You seem to be equaling people who disagree strenuously with people who hate. People disagreeing with you politically isn't hatred and it isn't flaming.

Is there a reason for this?

Do you feel as though there is some sort of point to be gained by making yourself or your candidate the underdog?

I haven't seen any hatred, just conservatives who really dislike Mitt Romney because Mitt Romney isn't conservative. He isn't. On his best day, he's sort of squishy-moderate. Saying so doesn't make it hatred. Pointing it out doesn't make it hatred. Political dialogue isn't hatred.

[GOP Poet]

personal attacks followed all those posts. I don't equal disagreement no matter how strong as hate as you have accused me of. I do however consider personal attacks and name calling that ensued hateful. I would have enjoyed the active disagreement. Instead I have spent most of my time defending myself against personal insults name calling and asking for such active intelligent disagreement. And now I have to go as I have spent upwards of 12 hours not discussing political discourse but defending myself alone I might add and you say--coming in at the final hour, that what has been happening here is active political disagreement when the reality is it has mostly been parlaying unintelligent attacks that have no principles, rare intelligent discussion, or no Godly values displayed with disagreement.

12 hours of my time is enough for one subject. Calling me all sorts of names and attacking my values etc without taking on the political subject is not political discourse at least not for intelligent, principled, thoughtful people.

But don't take my word for it. I would like for you to take all the names I have been called and accusations that have been made against me (not Romney as you wrongly say has been going on here!) and have a 'discussion' with your loved ones such as friends and family maybe co-workers and tell me how 'intelligently' those discussions turns out with all of those things I have been called as well as the accusation all at one person and don't forget a one otherwise it will not be a true experiment.

With the name calling and avoidance of intelligent discussion with personal attacks an false accusation alone you will not be having a discussion at all but a fight. Try it and get back to me and tell me all about how your fantasized tea and crumpets political discourse goes when the names start flying at just one person along with the false accusation.