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I am finding, amid the extreem polarization, a certain group of people who are looking for a way to bring things back into the normal sphere.
Not so much centrist but, more in the normal ranges of both sides. the more traditional or progressive left vs the more traditional Eisnehower style republican.
Both sides have embraced the polarizing propaganda. so, the right uses old 1960s charges to stereotype the left. They choose the incompetent but, evangelical Bush to taunt the left to get back for Daddy Bush's loss. We choose the DLC, war hawk Hillary to taunt the right for the impeachment of Bill. Both choices are a poor way to seek revenge (and why always revenge). And both are a destructive choice for the country, which we should think about first rather than our own hurts and grievances.
We cannot fix the problems that are facing us, serious ones, until we repair ourselves. the first step in doing so is to end this nonsense of never ending divisiveness.
I am hoping Obama is the nominee and our president because he is the one person who can end this whole mindset and start this country looking forward and begin to address the monumental problems we face.
