Jesus Christ this thread. The arrogance, narcissism and general delusion of the majority of the posters in this thread (many of whom manage to be perfectly reasonable most of the time) is just... staggering. I mean, throwing around terms like 'morally indefensible', an 'ideology that is an affront to man and God' (paraphrasing), 'the neanderthal age', 'evil', 'morally depraved'. What planet are you living on? An election has come and gone and the Republican party have taken a narrow majority in the Senate. So what? The world still turns, the Sun still shines, the birds still sing. Instead you'd think that Sauron had been reunited with the One Ring, judging by the comments here.
Thank you for this. I'm always amused by those who claim that anyone who disagrees with them on policy is a stupid evil doodoo head racist knuckle-dragging teabagger mouth breather, but then are surprised when the same people don't vote with them afterwards.
R: "Maybe we should balance the budget."
D: "YOU WANT TO STARVE POOR BLACK CHILDREN! ABORTION!"
So now we have a system where both Team R and Team D do this. When both sides play dirty, it continues the cycle. The cycle only works if both teams are in on the fix.
