I have no problem at all with people who differ from my views. I have no problem with responsible conservatives either. My problem comes in with this ... I HAD a friend, I say Had. His non stop emails and phone calls telling me I was a socialists, a "dope smoking hippie" and so on because I answered one of his emails with logic ... like the system is broken and this step is one in the right direction at least. And hippie I may agree, but I don't smoke dope LOL. And that is the response I get from the modern day republican base. Hate, slander and harassment if you don't agree. Now that is not true for most people but it is people like this and people who fall into the Rush and Coulter ways that make it so sad. Like the views of TV preachers. They give all Christians such a bad name and make people think something as wonderful as God's love is Hate based ...

Sad state I think for our country unless we all wake up and learn respect and re-learn how to debate serious topics that need addressed