> Maureen wrote: > The only time I've seen this level of psychosis surrounding politics > was the 1968 election cycle with all the assassinations. It is scary > that someone would be so emotionally invested in politics that they > think an action like this is warranted. >
A conservative friend of mine (McCain voter for sure) has tuned out as many have, but he had a VERY interesting observation: He said that it can't be healthy that US citizens are spending 3 years worrying about US presidential politics because: 1.) There's no other outcome that for it to divide the nation. Which is dangerous for a country that's had a civil war just 150 years ago, and 2.) Why are spending so much time worrying about our government? Doesn't that implicitly mean that government's level of importance in our daily lives has gotten WAY out of hand? As a conservative at heart, that comment really sticks with me. There's a counter-argument, of course, but it's a VERY interesting point to me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:276343 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
