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.'