For anyone who doesn't get it, the GOP are our deadly enemies

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17. Whoa, you made a point, but let's look at this.

"There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behooves any of us to find fault with the rest of us." I remember my children, who learned that saying in the first or second grade in school, recited it to me sometime during the last millennium.

Having said that, I believe the Republicans in Congress are wrong in protecting a President who most likely would not have gotten elected had it not been for the Russian interference and their spreading of innuendos regarding our candidate of choice. They may also be wrong in many other ways, too many to recount. But you are aware of those and so am I. I am frustrated and disappointed over what is currently transpiring in Washington; and from your post I am sure you are too.

However, by what you are writing, and the manner and wording of how you make your point, you are also showing your colors, the colors of our times. And those times are not good. These times are often filled with blind hatred and with disrespect for fellow citizens who do not think exactly like we do. I believe that is not good, because it cannot and will not bring about a solution to our problems. It is indeed like a pilot, flying blind, and having lost orientation, unknowingly allowing the plane to go into a deadly spiral toward the ground.

There are certain Republican leaders in congress which may in many ways fit your description. But I hope there are others which are mere followers who have either no opinion of their own or have an opinion and fear to express it. There are many things in our society that are not perfect. It should be an endeavor of all of us to fix what is broken. That takes diplomacy to get people on the bandwagon, to get them to work for a best possible solution. We must recognize that to stand united, compromise is imperative.

Unfortunately, though we call ourselves "Americans", our government has evolved into a two party system. But that is not the worst of it. There are many more than two political views, different ways to achieve an ideal life for everyone. The worst thing in my view is that we label ourselves either as Republicans or as Democrats when we go to vote. By doing that, we devalue what we really are or should be: citizens of the United States of America. I always strive to be that and hope that others can do that too.