I think it was Saul Alinsky who said something along the lines of "It is impossible to make a man understand what is wrong, when his paycheck is contingent upon him not understanding."

No offense intended, Amos and Ebbie, but IMO, that is the very dynamic Kerry's Anybody But Bush supporters are engaging in right now.

It's a head in the sand, don't look any further than November 2nd sort of attitude, and I don't think it serves the best interests of the nation. It does, however, serve the interests of political party partisanship. We are not a divided nation, IMO. What we have is a divided Congress, and political party partisanship rampaging out of control. The only people who benefit from the Congress and White House performing as our dancing monkeys, is the media echo chamber, which keeps encouraging the monkeys to dance more and more furiously.

But this partisan war, like the TV reality show, won't last forever. If nothing else, American audiences just don't have that sort of attention span.

Lots of us have family members, friends, work colleagues, and acquaintances in both political parties, network admonitions to the contrary. There really are Democrats in Texas, and Republicans in Massachusetts, and no one has (yet) been killed by family, friends, or work colleagues for their political allegiances in the upcoming election.