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Unfortunately, if civil discourse and societal norms can't be observed even in the public square, the entire republican (small "r") experiment is at risk. When compromise and coalitions aren't possible, aren't even considered desirable, then all that remains is the quest for unbridled power.

br> That seems to me to be nearly the whole situation not just with the extreme left-wingers, but with the main power heads of the Democratic Party. George Bush has certainly disappointed and depressed me with his willingness and even his pushing to compromise positions. Whether from signing McCain/Feingold or the Farm Bill, to his stand on illegal immigration and border control to his willingness to try to begin a resolution of the Social Security problems, GWB has NEVER drawn a line in the sand with critics or anyone in disagreement with him and look where it has gotten him, if not us. The spending bill issues are a mute point it seems to me, it is just about a given Congress will go along with more spending no matter how the lipstick looks on the pig. But try to reach a compromise in our "republican" form of government, as Mr. Hillyer points out, even when the President did that, McCain/Feingold, Steel Tariffs, and other poor choices, there is, and apparently cannot be, any reciprocity from the Left when another problem or issue is addressed, a la Social Security Reform. Does any conservative in the room actually think the President would not have settled for far far less than he proposed when trying to jump start the national conversation on that issue? I doubt it. Mr. Hillyer is unfortunately correct, compromise is becoming nearly impossible and since it seems so the only way to get the ball moved in any new direction is to have complete control and no need for compromise. It seems pretty depressing to me. br> -- Roger Ross br> Tomahawk, Wisconsin

There aren't enough mental health workers to deal with the Angry Left. Such mental conditions or repressed emotions will have one of two possible outcomes if left unresolved.

The first and most likely is that this kind of hostility will be internalized to the point that it has serious emotional consequences on the individual and those around them. People carrying this much emotional baggage are not happy campers to be around and will typically associate with like minded people therefore reinforcing the intensity of the problem. There is nothing good to come from this condition over the long haul and self-destructive behavior is not out of the question.

The second and more serious outcome of this internalized anger is that this anger will be externalized into violence against others as well as themselves. People that can't cope with the "imaginary" world they create for themselves are the type that walk into a public place or business and start killing people for totally irrational reasons and then turn on themselves. Some of history's most notable butchers and dictators could not cope with the world as they imagined it to be.

p>While my liberal friends don't act this irrational, they do parrot the same irrational beliefs minus the profanity. Rational thought or critical thinking is a foreign concept to people driven by their emotions and unable to cope without being "control freaks" to everyone around them. We all have our "cross" to bear at times but the Angry Left seems intent on having everyone else carry theirs for them 24/7. Many have said Liberalism is a mental disorder and the evidence at hand supports that. My concern is if we ignore it because it is vulgar Adult Child behavior we may come to regret that because from such behavior on a mass scale comes some of the world's worst outcomes for humanity. I prefer to call it what it is and not just excuse the source for acting like a child. Our elected political class is a little timid in responding to such rude behavior. I think that is a mistake. br> -- Thom Bateman br> Newport News, Virginia /p> p> Yea, I agree with the left-wing ranters. But I try not to curse. However, they are right, Bush is a sociopath and is as bad as, maybe even worse than, any other tin pot dictator of another country. He has ripped up our Constitution and Bill of Rights by appointing himself the "decider" of who is a terrorist, who gets tortured, who gets spied upon and all these things are very "Un-American" as I understand our values. So, yes the Bush cabal is awful but that might be a compliment, because they could not be doing a better job of dismantling America, since that seems to be their goal in wrecking the economy for the rest of our lives and starting multiple unnecessary wars that they expect to go on for years. Why? What IS their agenda besides being vicious lying wanna-be dictators?

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