You know, my dear, if some politician, during the Second World War, would have uttered what folks like Al Gore, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, etc. have done this political cycle, they would have been shot for commiting treason. Now, I suspect you have an ulterior motive, and you know what that is. I have no problem with political disagreement and discourse as long as it does not put American military service personnel in danger and harms way. But, the words that flow from Demcrat leaders mouths are indeed words that have enabled and emboldened our enemies. Thank god, the American people have the wisdom to see the whirling storm at hand. You Democrats certainly never see it or care a wit about it. Now if you think that I intend to standby, while morons like Michael Moore and Harvey Weinstein work to bring this country down, dear you are sadly mistaken. I see the handwriting on the wall, and IMHO it your side that presents either a communist or facist point of view!!! Under the first amendment I have the right to speak my piece and along with 61,000,000 "free" Americans we have spoken very clearly. I intend to do all that I can legally and rightfully to destroy the current Democrat Party. I imagine the "giants" of the past proud Democrat Party, Jefferson, FDR, HST and JFK must be turning over in their graves!!! It is you. my dear, that suffers a bad case of being unAmerican, not me!!!
Amen.
Unlike many extremist liberals, I do not throw the term around in ignorance, though now that I've refreshed my memory of its precise meaning, I will amend my statement and say that I understood you to advocate for supressing the platform from which those whose values with which you disagree speak while advocating that the public platform of the opposition remain intact. No, that is not fascism to the letter, but it is awfully close to fascism in spirit. As you know, our political system, flawed though it certainly is, was established to give everyone a voice. That is literally the American way, right? So advocating for a one-party system would be literally unAmerican, right? It surely sounded like that's what you were advocating, but if not, perhaps you could clarify. As it stands, to me, a political and social moderate, your position is troubling.
Our two party system may not work nearly as well as we would like, but it is *our* system and in the end it works more or less as it was designed to work. As they say, democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms. (Smile)
There are lots of people like me who wish very much for a leader who is truly a compassionate moderate who walks his talk about being *everyone's* president. It troubles us that our country is so very deeply divided, and who has more responsibility for being a unifier than the president? More than liberal or conservative values, I believe in objectivity, honesty and truth, which are pretty damn hard to come by these days. Ulterior motives? Not at all.
As to your comments re dems who would have been shot for treason during WWII, surely free speech is a value we can all agree on. I am appalled by your willingness to supress it when it doesn't square with your own beliefs - it is an incredibly dangerous precident to establish. In that regard, see above, my dear. ;-)
Polygirl