Truth is, Chinu, you know this as well as I do, that our country is so polarized that unless the R candidate makes some huge, huge blunder, it will still be hard for either candidate to get more than 51%.
I feel more entrenched now than 8 years ago. The R congress'(and their puppeteers) behavior toward Barack and by extension, our country, has left me more angry with them, less patient to hear their side of the story. It's sad. But true. Listening to robotic-ly recited talking points taken from Faux News and Rush Limbaugh and ilk is not how I want to spend my time...
Also, in the last 8 years, study after study has come out concluding that giving someone facts that undermines their already entrenched view---only serves to make them dig even deeper into said mis-informed view.
Goes both ways, for sure.....And which is why we D's, liberals, too, have to be open to the facts as they are and not as we want them to be....tough work staying honest with oneself and others. |
