Both sides are guilty.. But I think that the right is more guilty. I think that conservative talk shows made it worse. The talk shows are well-suited for the one-liners that malign intellectual discourse. Carl Rove is a master of divide and conquer and took partisanship to a new level.
Personally, I read conservative papers/commentaries all the time (Christian Science Monitor, WSJ, Business Week, George Will, William Safire, etc… ). I’m a fiscal conservative and social liberal and I just can’t stand Bush. He’s for a religious theocracy that I find disgusting.
I’m voting Democratic because the right needs a message that their politics is not acceptable. I guess you could say that I’m a Jim Webb Republican who turned Democrat.
The most fanatical Republican elements are like gung-ho crusaders. They only understand force and they despise reason. To beat them, it has to be an eye for an eye. They need to be beaten into submission.
I like Obama because he’s from a different generation, a different class and different race. That’s enough for me. I’m willing to give him a chance.
