Partisan Animal

This election has firmly determined one overriding factor, that this great country, once strong due to its melting pot principles, has sunken into a deep and destructive emotional recession of real thought and value. The right wing hates those on the left, and the liberals hate those on the right. There is no longer any room in the middle for reasonable thinkers who might find parts of both political theories to be the best answer for America.

What happened to debate in this country. We have totally devolved into a society of haters. There is no room any longer for intelligent discussion and symbiotic relationships that allow the American dream to prevail in the end. It appears that there is no room for deliberation and negotiation to make certain that the greater good is realized.

Scott McClellan, former press secretary in the Bush White House, has stated that the art of politics in Washington has been reduced to a war of words. From both sides, it's Us against Them. While the party who gains power seems to think that they have the best answer for what ails the country, in putting forth their ideas, they fully ignore that the other half of the voting public disagrees with them. The partisan divide has become an ugly animal over the last 20 years, and I for one wish that the parties would quit 'feeding the beast.'

Take a look

This kind of says it all....

http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=Qq8Uc5BFogE

Tired

As a gay American, there are a lot of things that I can be fed up with. The fact that I am a democrat by nature multiplies that frustration by ten. It is always in the height of the presidential campaign where the hatred along partisan lines always seems to build, and quite frankly, I'm growing tired of it all. There is just soomething about the GOP that makes my blood boil.

In the 2000-2004 campaigns, they used gay Americans as a wedge issue to steal the White House. They promoted hatred and bigotry by pushing gay marriage amendments onto local and state ballots. In doing so, they somehow convinced people that the world as we know it would end if we were to allow gay marriage. They claim to speak for God by pulling a couple of lines out of their man made bible and showing how God hates gay people. They conveniently ignore all of the "abominations" that apply to them and their kind and read the text the way they want it read.

I am one to say hear and now that I am TIRED of being labeled as liberal, elite, unpatriotic, ungodly, and any of the other perversions that the radical right tends to espouse in these times. Enough is enough. We may see the world from different viewpoints, but in this world of gray, there is simply no room for black and white. The radical right DOES NOT own the correct opinion of the world, the simply have their opinion. Who is to say who is right or wrong?

The Debate

Well, we all watched the VP debate hoping to see a train wreck. We didn't get that, in fact both debaters handled themselves better than expectations of most. I was pleased to hear Senator Biden stand up for gay couples and say that we should have equal rights in terms of marriage, but I still believe he fell short by saying he didn't support gay marriage.

What did his comments really mean. Gays are currently able to seek out legal assistance in building a bridge to rights through contracts and other avenues. Is that really equality, though? I still believe that the dems fall short on allowing equality. Don't misunderstand me, I am extremely hopeful from what I have seen in terms of moving the envelope forward and approaching the marriage line, but I don't think that we're there just yet. Until we can fully say that a loving couple can marry and receive benefits that are equal, there is still work to be done.