Barack Obama is going to talk to schools on Tuesday, encouraging kids to work hard and stay in school. There are two "schools" of thought about this address. On the one hand, most people think it's a good idea, no harm in it. On the other hand, you have the paranoid, delusional ignoramuses that make up the core of the Republican Party.
I don't know of any issue that more clearly demonstrates the differences we have in this country. There is only one side to this issue. People who object to the address have no case whatsoever, literally nothing to support any argument, and yet they persist, passionately.
A lot of people in this country really despise Barack Obama. I wonder why. He has been compared to Hitler and Stalin, been called a Communist, Fascist, and Nazi. So what has he done to deserve this hate? He campaigned on the themes of hope and change. He has tried to reach out to Republicans and take a centrist position. His major initiatives so far have been to try to save a failing economy and to try to improve the health care system. Rational people can disagree with his proposals, but can rational people hate someone for working on these problems? No, they can't. But irrational people can, and do.
I worry that we are truly becoming a red and blue nation, with the two sides unable to ever agree. As long as the red side continues to be divorced from reality, there is no hope that we can come together. Unfortunately, they are getting worse instead of better. Every week they seem to get a little crazier.
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