[quote=SD Realtor]I have NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE….[/quote]

I come at this from a different perspective, SDR. I come from a different country, and didn’t know the politics here before I arrived. I am not under the impression that things have changed much over the years.

I would guess that your upbringing in one of the great American political tribes, as I like to call them, led you to believe that they were the Good Side, and the other tribe was the Dark Side. As a child, you just didn’t have the opportunity to see things as clearly as you see them now. In other words, SDR, it’s possible that your change in perspective is due to Observer enlightenment, not a change in the behavior of the Observed.