Artful Dodger wrote:
Ah,the politics of divisiveness.

Which, historically, must be blamed on the current generation
of Republicans. They are an embarrassment to the patriotic
wing of their own party, which worked WITH the opposition in a
bipartisan manner for the good of the country -- up to about 30+
years ago. At that time, the current, power-mad crowd began its
highly-sophisticated
campign to center power in the Executive Branch and throw out the Bill
of Rights,
along with other elements of the Constitition. They have consistenly,
and often successfully, worked to reverse all the human-oriented
achievements
of the post-war, administrations.


I'd like some examples of your assertions. To take the contrary position,
McCain voted for Clinton's nominations to the Supreme Court (Ginsberg &
Breyer) while Obama voted against those made by Bush (Roberts & Alito).
Obama even floated the possibility of a filibuster.

I'd be particularly interested in what attempts have been made to throw out
the Bill of Rights. It was the Bush administration, under Attorney General
Ashcroft, who insisted that the 2nd Amendment protects an "individual"
right. This must be seen as an expansion of the Bill of Rights, not a
restriction.

Unless you can demonstrate some unequivocal attack on the Bill of Rights
(i.e., killing or imprisioning members of a church like the Clinton
administration did with the Branch Davidians), then you might as well be
sitting on the curb banging on a trash-can lid.