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Originally Posted by SR-PT4

Frankly, I'm sick and tired of the polarization that continues to worsen in this country. Nobody sees shades of gray any more, it's all black & white and the world just doesn't work that way. Unless and until that gets sorted out, we're not going to fix a hell of a lot that's really wrong.

Completely agree with you. When I was talking about laying all blame on Clinton, I was referring to Satellite 66.
I think party politics are ruining this country. Both parties suck, to varying degrees. For the first time ever, I voted all democrat in the '06 elections, not because I thought the democrats were any better, but it was the only way to stop the corruption and incompetence of the republicans. Now that there's a democratic majority, have things changed? Not really.
I joined Unity08 - which is trying to have real bi-partisanship. The problem is that both parties unite to preserve the status quo - after Perot, they made it harder for any 3rd party to get started.
If the republicans say something is black, the democrats will say it is white - the reality is that it's probably gray.
I do think the republicans under Rove, Bush & Cheney made politics EVERYTHING. I read that appointees to positions in Iraq were questioned on such things as Roe V Wade - like that would have anything to do with their ability to do a good job, but doing a good job was put secondary to rewarding party - not US - loyalty. 150 graduates of Pat Robertson's Regent University - such geniuses as Monica Goodling - brought in under Bush.
Satellite 66 seems to think because I detest the incompetence and corruption of this administration, I have to love Clinton and be a democrat. Wrong on both counts, but I have to say, at least Clinton was intelligent and competent.
I don't like any of the leading candidates - the only candidates I like are Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich - and I don't agree with everything either of them says, but I do know that Hillary or Giuliani winning will mean more of the same bickering we've been subject to.