Reply #55: Dear impeachdubya: I agree with the sentiment in your last sentence. But [View All]

[Cyrano]

to reunify the nation, we need to reach many, many Kool-aid drinkers and find a way to detox them. The hatred generated by the Republican party was bought and paid for by tremendously powerful interests.

And then we need to find a way to detox ourselves. The Republican slime machine worked hard at demonizing us. Our anger and hatred wasn't bought. It was a reaction to the anger and hatred directed at us. And by the actual acts that were committed against us through war, the destruction of the ecology and the economy, the demonization of our values, the questioning of our patriotism, the shredding of our constitutional protections...

Well, you get the idea. Reunifying this country is going to be as difficult as Jews reunifying with Germans after WWII. And if you think this is an exaggeration, ask some liberal friends how they feel about it.

The bottom line is that, we haven't gotten over the divisions and hatreds of the Civil War yet. And that was 140 years ago.