Sure thing, JimmyT...totally legitimate point you have made there.

I'm actually fed up with ALL the political parties, not just the Republicans. And I'm fed up with the party system of politics. I don't think "divide and conquer" is a good way to govern a nation, but that is exactly what is being done everywhere where party politics is practiced.

The very nature of such a combative system leads to false campaign promises, phony tax cuts (that rob Peter to pay Paul) and dirty tactics by all the parties. It's not good. It will one day be seen as having been a very foolish way to organize a supposedly "free" society.

Consensus is better than the triumph of one special interest group over another.

- LH