Are you trulty an idiot? I have yet to meet a hardened Demorcrat that does any independent research. I suppose you call watching Katie Curak, extra research. I can feel your hate and vehemence in your words. Can people ever look to the future and maybe give the rest of us our country back? the hate on the extreme left and right is paralyzing us. Nothing gets done. If you want to prosilitize you might want to hone your apparent lack of education and drive, by picking up a book once in a while. Or, push yourself away from the computer, go outside and actually talk to someone face to face. People like you are a politicians dream. Yes, we need change. But if we look at the real issues of day to day living, our real concerns are not what either party stands for. Yes, the war in Iraq has gone badly, but our initial reasons for going in were honorable. I’m not talking about weapons of mass destruction, I’m talking about the character of this country and our history. We were born out of oppression and our honor and values are historically seeded in helping the oppressed. If you deny that this is our nature then you deny what America is all about. Why do you think so many oppressed people want to come here? If you think that it’s to shop, you’re nuts. Just so you know, I spent over thirty years working with the Demorcratic party. I have been a registered Independent for the last five. And, I firmly beleive that we need a viable third party. The two choices we have now have one thing in common and that’s power. As long as they keep us at each others throats they remain the elite and powerful. Have any politicians invited you to dinner lately? Have you ever seen anyone accidently drown a pregnant young girl, walk away, go home and go to sleep and wake up as one of the most powerful Senior Senators in the country? To these people we are only a means to an end. Unless we wake up, we will never see the country that we envision! We need to elect people who want constructive dialogue who can debate without anger. Obama said recently that he was sadened when he realized that honest debate was no longer a part of the governing process. He also said that both parties were equally at fault. This interview never made it on the front page of the NY Times or ABC news. Why? The media loves the status quo. The motivativation is money not the education of the masses. I appologize for questioning your intelligence. The Blogs have become a vehicle to vent rage and not honest discourse. When I see concerned, intelligent Americans reduced to ranting hatred in support of a machine (either one, take your pick) that has no conscience I loose faith in all of us. We are bigger than all this, We just don’t know it! We have as much power to change this country. We have the ability to identify politicians who truly have our best interest at heart and provide them with a vehicle for change. A Third party is the fear of both parties. How many statesman would sing a different tune if they had a viable platform. The Republican and Demorcratic do not let anyone speak out side the party. Is this America? The television networks willl not let anyone into a debate if that don’t poll over 15%. Is this free speech? If we want to be angry then lets make real change. Let’s encourage the best of the best into a forum were they can act and speak freely for all of us.