Reply #21: It seems there is a big difference between . .

[msmcghee]

. . democratic (small d) political discourse - where you voluntarily follow rules that allow all voices to be heard and represented in the debate, where you disgaree repsectfully with your opponents - and political "war" where you do whatever is necessary to gain and hold onto your power and destroy the enemy as completely as possible.

The great hatred I feel for repukes has come from my realization that over the last 20 years they have moved our democracy from the first form into the latter.

It's too bad most dem politicians don't get it yet.