Buttercup, the short answer is no. You are living in a fantasy world. What really kills me is your naievity. If you want to put it in political terms: look at the disaster that has been the past two years of policy from President Obama in TRYING to include republicans. They said from the start their mission was to destroy the president and you have to give it to them, they opposed everything and have created an enviroment which has been detrimental to the country and the American people all to achieve their own selfish motives.
This is how these people think.
I guess I am wired a little different than the average liberal or democrat or whatever you call yourself if you are not a republiteacon,
I have cringed at the lack of fight shown by the democrats and the failure to stand up to the republicans and make them back down. Instead, democrats have tried to play "nice" for 2 years and the republicans are well on their way to achieving their goal of total control of government. All because they know how to stick together and never take their eyes off the prize, the country be ****ed!
As for this forum, I only got on here because of the bullying of one of my classmates who expressed her views on healthcare. Before she brought the slurs and bashing intermingled with out right lies that were posted, by some of your "friends" I might add only in a case or two under former screennames (or double screennames),to a political science class and read them aloud, I didn't even read this. When I did read this forum for the first time, I saw how one sided it was and at first started posting on here just wanted to piss these right wing radicals off, which I did royally.
Then I discovered how bent out of shape they got when you called them
TEABAGGERSThat was one of my finest moments!!!!!!
From that point on until this day I am on here for two reasons: 1. to debunk the lies of the right wing and 2. to drive these *******s crazy
I think I have accomplished both my goals in some measure. I'm not a **** republiteacon but I do believe in never taking your eye off the prize.
Buttercup, you can be "friends" with these right wing radicals if you want. In my opinion, some have already shown they will stab you in the back in a heartbeat if you don't agree with them. But keep singing Cume Bay Aye all day.
Even on this forum, they do stick together. They have a little network. They spot a post or a new poster who doesn't think like they do and start their campaign to slur and ridicule until the new poster quits. I have friends who have posted on here a time or two and quit because they don't want to put up with the bashing and fight the "network".
If you want honesty, that is what your "friends" really want, just like the republicans in Washington. Their way or the highway and no descent.
That is the problem with liberals. We are usually individual thinkers and not from the herd mentality. I mean look at the blue dog democrats? When have you heard of a "moderate" republican lately and if you did the teabaggers made sure he went away in this past election. Like I stated earlier, I am not quite as passive as you or O No and don't really care if these right wing radicals like me or not. I know they will only be civil to those they do not perceive as a threat and I don't roll that way.
Just look at the craziness I created amongst them by attacking the Fox propoganda machine!
YOU GOTTA LOVE IT!
So not to disappoint, but when attacked I attack back. Always have, always will. And if I get pissed off enough, I attack first.