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To: KLP who wrote (9777)1/25/2006 5:47:01 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 541465
 
I definitely do NOT remember the 40 years the Democrats had control of the Presidency, the House and the Senate, that such vile things were said and printed by the Republicans.

Me neither. Surely that wasn't the case. The incivility has escalated over time. The first I remember really vile comments was during the previous administration. This one has escalated even further.

We weren't talking about incivility, though, I didn't think. You commented about the constant complaints against the Republicans and that's what I addressed. It is the place of the team out of power to criticize the team in power. Making an issue about that makes as much sense to me as making an issue over the lack of light at midnight.

You brought up unrelenting criticism and I addressed that. If you want to switch topics to incivility, I can address that, too.



To: KLP who wrote (9777)1/25/2006 6:04:34 PM
From: Suma  Respond to of 541465
 
I don't think politics was the same in that era at all.

Firstly, the media is in the face of every politician.
There is no such thing as privacy. IF Clinton had happened even ten years earlier he would not have gotten discovered...

Secondly the entire divisiveness that is prevalent in this Country right now is so extreme. I do not remember in my 75 years it ever having been so.

These two ingredients alone would not allow for a comparison to earlier years..as nice as it might be.