How dumb are the Democrats?

Coach,
I’m pretty sure religion was a major factor in the war in Germany; ask any Jew.  I would agree that many Muslims are being brainwashed and taught to hate others.  This is not unique to Iraq though.  The folks attending Trinity United Church of Christ (Obama’s church) get their share of brainwashing and hate speech too.  GD America?  Whites created AIDS to kill blacks?  To be fair, there are churches on the far right that are just as bad as Trinity.  The major difference I see is that the democrats defended Trinity but McCain called the religious right “Agents of Intolerance” and has been blasted by the likes of Anne Coulter and Rush Limbaugh ever since. 

The folks on both sides preaching hate here don’t typically see the same responses (daily violence between factions) because of the well established legal system and the checks and balances.  We don’t typically see senior Army officers staging coups here because we also have a Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force to balance the power.  We have local, state, and federal police each helping to govern the others as well.  We have the Secret Service, FBI, CIA, ATF, etc… each helping to ensure the others remain in check and preventing a single individual in any of the areas executing a major conflict against the government.  Our services and law enforcement agencies have personnel from all races, and religions and typically require recurring “Awareness” or “Sensitivity” training.  We need to help the Iraqi’s establish a system where the various religions and ethnic groups share in the power and there are checks and balances to prevent a single group from attempting to forcibly take over.

And while we are on the subject, even with all the checks and balances we have here there are occasional flare ups of hatred leading to riots and mass chaos.  The “Free Speech” that is being exercised at Trinity and defended by the likely democratic presidential nominee is a major contributing factor to the type of violence that took place not so long ago in Los Angeles.  When we teach people that another group is the enemy and teach them distrust and hate each other we will reap what we sow. 

There is no doubt that the United States has a history of racism and hate that has contributed significantly to the current disparity between the races with respect to income, education, etc…  Teaching hate and distrust is no way to fix the problems that exist.  The problems were created by slavery and prejudice but are being perpetuated by hate and distrust.  In order to resolve the problems we need to move away from the hate being spewed by people like Jeramiah Wright and Louis Farrakhan. 

I’m sorry you have become so jaded with politics that you think that “The truth doesn't get you elected in this country.”  I can understand your frustration after listening to Hillary talk about snipers shooting at her.  She’s being lying so long about so many things she doesn’t even remember the truth.  I’m pretty sure McCain is telling you the truth (as he sees is) when he says he plans to leave troops in Iraq until the job is done.  It’s not a popular thing to say but it is the right thing to do.  Maybe it won’t get him elected but it won’t be because he told people what they wanted to here rather than the truth.

There are real threats to America all over the world.  Many are right here in our country.  I view the hate being taught in churches on both the left and the right as a serious threat to our national security.  Hopefully we can keep people like Wright in the minority and the most Americans will work to resolve our problems rather than teach hate and distrust. 

Coach writes... and Rush Limbaugh and Anne Coulter

Dan writes: "I’m sorry you have become so jaded with politics that you think that “The truth doesn't get you elected in this country.”

Coach writes: "That is not so much a jaded view, but a real one. There would be no reason to cover up the truth i.e. "missing" e-mails at the White House... if there was a philosophy of unity in politics over self-interest.

I agree with most all you said, but the swing goes back and forth to both sides of fence. I certainly have heard the extreme right wing pastors spewing hate not to a countries policies but to people. Hate is hate regardless of the form.

In regard to Germany, the German motivation was not religion. Hitler was atheist. There honor was not dying for their god in a holy war. There is the difference.

Free speech can only contribute to unrest if there is a reality behind it... and I'm talking among the masses here. Free speech can be a match, but without fuel, all you have is a match that will burn itself out. It needs fuel to create a real problem. Both sides are guilty here... and when I say both sides I'm talking about the 20% (10% on each side) that you will never bring to the middle. They are not Patriots or defenders of the principles of liberty.

I could not agree MORE with your last paragraph. Amen to that.

Dan, you are absolutely correct that this country is being divided by hatred. There are those among us that don't want to understand why people with different opinions feel the way they do. For some of us it's all about right (me) and wrong (them).

But the examples you've offered continue to exploit the hatred that exists. You offer examples of the hatred that minority preachers are exploiting but fail to give an example of the hatred of the Muslim/Arab community or the immigrant community that conservatives are exploiting.

The same holds true with honesty in politics. The example you offer exploits hatred of Hillary Clinton but ignores the conservative lies of links between Iraq, WMD & Al Queda and denial of global warming, both in spite of overwhelming contradictory evidence. If you need examples, just google the number of times these issues have been mentioned on Fox News in the last year.

You're trying to have it both ways, but you can't. How can you remove the speck in your neighbors eye and ignore the beam in your own eye?

I agree most people aren't happy with the situation and have lost faith in our government. I hope we can take back control of our government this year and start to turn this situation around.

It's not the racism or the stretching the truth, that I choose not to vote for Obama or Clinton. It's just that the Democrat Party moved two do nothings into a race for the chief executive? What have they done as Senators? They both promise a lot to the poor, but they will turn the middle class poor paying for their promises. Neither is very smart as pulling the troops out will take time, but I guess that is normal for