I totally respect your forbearance with them, and your desire to see them somehow, … I don’t know, act like human beings. You are a better man than I - that’s not a diss. Your point of view is the only way there could ever be peace going forward.
I have a burning hatred for them that only gets worse as time passes - so I guess I should really work on that, else I’ll be in hell, right along side them.
For a little background on my position ...
Back in the 1990s, the obvious tactic used by both parties was to demonize the other side -- to a point. Basically, the party in power would be accused of causing every problem in the country so the minority party could gain power. Once the minority became the majority, the roles switched so the new minority accuses the new majority of causing the same problems they themselves failed to fix.
And round and round it goes. The objective is to keep the voters so focused on the OTHER party, they never figured out that there's no real difference between either. They campaigned on fixing the same problems election after election. After a few administrations have had their turn and the problems remained or got worse, it becomes apparent their only objective is to obtain power.
The voters are not the enemy -- they are just being manipulated to join one team or the other to create an illusion of being involved in the process of electing our officials.
if you had to boil it down to a single plan, it would be to keep both sides of the aisle so angry at the other side, they don't notice the shear incompetence, corruption and power grab happening in government. if we actually focused our anger at the people most deserving, term limits and salary caps would have been on the ballot long, long ago.