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kentuck

(115,401 posts) Wed Sep 10, 2014, 04:46 AM Sep 2014

Americans need to come to the realization... [View all]

...that we are all in this together.

It is not written in stone that our nation will stand forever - that we cannot fall.

Political Parties and unlimited money have put our country in great jeopardy. My Party, right or wrong, is now the dominant political philosophy. And it makes no difference which Party is "right" or which Party is "wrong", the other Party is always wrong.

Somebody has to break the cycle or we will be in for some truly dark days ahead. I do not mean to sound so pessimistic but the political Parties have created a wall between the people. They cannot hear each other and they cannot see each other. They only whisper political dogma in each others ears...

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Americans need to come to the realization... [View all] kentuck Sep 2014 OP

Just like religion. postulater Sep 2014 #1

First of all yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #27

I understand that we Democrats are not always correct in our viewpoints but the big "But".. BlueJazz Sep 2014 #2

"You want to take our guns away." Enthusiast Sep 2014 #4

Yep...those are good ones also. BlueJazz Sep 2014 #7

I find it hard to see it as a misunderstanding of Democratic policies. meanit Sep 2014 #12

What you say is true. I was speaking of the low-information voter that usually hears their.. BlueJazz Sep 2014 #17

Yes. I've never understood why Republican's hate for the "takers'... tecelote Sep 2014 #13

Well-said kentuck. Not sure if you were thinking of Yeats lovemydog Sep 2014 #3

Only Words Android3.14 Sep 2014 #15

Awesome! Those words have profoundly resonated lovemydog Sep 2014 #16

True. And humans everywhere need to realize that we are all in this together. pampango Sep 2014 #5

There is a sizable chunk of "Christian Dominionism" infiltrated into State & Federal Gov't, blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #6

But we're not, won't ever be, all in this together. eomer Sep 2014 #8

+several brazillion Demeter Sep 2014 #10

I'm sorry you missed my point. kentuck Sep 2014 #11

Do you have an example eomer Sep 2014 #14

You still don't get it. kentuck Sep 2014 #19

Nothing is preventing you from making specific points to explain what you mean. Bluenorthwest Sep 2014 #24

What I'm saying is.. kentuck Sep 2014 #29

I think the problem is how you're putting it, not in my not getting it. eomer Sep 2014 #30

But they cannot change their positions.. kentuck Sep 2014 #31

Right, they first have to change their foundation... eomer Sep 2014 #33

We WOULD be all in this together if we first took the 1%'s money and re-distributed it FiveGoodMen Sep 2014 #34

There's very little that keeps such a large mass of people together The2ndWheel Sep 2014 #9

Kentuck, I'm not sure how to get there but TBF Sep 2014 #18

When the republicans stop being partisan, hell will freeze over! B Calm Sep 2014 #20

Yeah, I can't see how the President could have reached out to them any more. stevenleser Sep 2014 #21

We have one of the most unequal countries in modern history. We are patently NOT "in this together". Romulox Sep 2014 #22

Break the cycle is one of the things Obama wanted and tried to do madokie Sep 2014 #23

Lovely false equivalency. jeff47 Sep 2014 #25

My **IDEOLOGY** right or wrong Martin Eden Sep 2014 #26

Political parties are the great diving force in this nation. It's like watching/participating in a RKP5637 Sep 2014 #28

George Washington on political parties in his farewell address Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #32

You are correct. Special Prosciuto Sep 2014 #35