Obama has shown monumental restraint NOT flaming/straining race relations...

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17. I clearly stated that in my opinion both parties play political games with the race issue. ...

with the racial issue.

I'm tired of all political games as are most Americans. I'm in my late 60s and I fear this nation is becoming more divided each and every year. Like most people I am disgusted with Congress and its lack of ability to solve anything.

Real life is not a game like football where you are a fan of one team and hate the other. Does it really matter if the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Cleveland Browns? Not really. But it does matter if our nation is so divided that we can't make progress. It has a definite effect on each and everyone of our lives.

I am getting old but I have grandchildren and even great grandchildren that I care about. I want to see them live in a better country than we do today. In order for that to happen we need to reduce the amount of hatred between our two political parties and promote some respect between both. Republicans and Democrats have far different viewpoints but that doesn't mean that any compromise is impossible.

It's very easy if you are a loyal Democrat to blame everything on the Republicans and there are definitely some good reasons to do so. Unfortunately both parties bear some blame.

You asked, why I mentioned MLK. Dr. Martin Luther King was one of the truly great people of the last century. He was more of a uniter than a divider. Surely you have heard of him. We need another leader like him today. One of the biggest problems in our nation today is that white people don't realize what its like to be a black or Hispanic person. That was also true when MLK was alive but he was able to educate them and gain their support to help start a movement to overcome discrimination. We made some significant progress but still have a long way to go and it appears we are moving backward not forward.