I think in a nutshell we want too much control over each other. If Conservatives eased up on the social controls, and liberals eased up on economic controls, we'd be in good shape.
2006-11-27 14:27:17 · 15 answers · asked by WJ 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
At this point, I think the only way for that to happen is if we all really understand how little time we have left before anything we do will not make any difference. We face serious challenges in our immediate future, and if we don't adequately deal with them, it won't matter what name you call the other side. We must work together. If we don't, it will either show we don't love this country, or it will indicate how uninformed we are.
2006-11-27 14:31:56 · answer #1 · answered by michaelsan 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
We'll never find common ground because we do not even interpret the Constitution in the same way. We cannot agree on how to interpret the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment and we hate each other's interpretation. Liberals will not stop interpretting the Equal Protection Clause in whatever way will ensure "equal rights for gays." Put 5 reactionary conservatives on the Supreme Court who will interpret the Equal Protection Clause as being a ban on minimum wage laws and just see whether or not they will change their minds. Probably not. But the bottom line is, .....
No, we can not get along which each other. We don't interpret the Constitution in the same way and we each use the Constitution to trump the other side's point of view. Roe v. Wade for the liberals and Bush v. Gore for the conservatives.
2006-11-27 14:46:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The reality is that we vote moreso for how we know a politician will vote, rather than for the polititian. This can be good and bad...the money for lobbyist groups and special interests are attached to a party rather than to an individual. Otherwise congress would be like a Godfather movie.
2006-11-27 14:40:39 · answer #3 · answered by entropy1001 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I wish we could. I think common ground is getting less and less all the time.
Most Americans are hard-working, generous, tough, and patriotic.
There really is no reason to be so divisive with each other.
2006-11-27 14:50:36 · answer #4 · answered by txwebber 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was the other way around - liberals controlling us socially (Hollywood propaganda), conservatives controlling us economically (tax codes for the rich).
Hard to find common ground when we can't agree on the questions.
2006-11-27 14:33:21 · answer #5 · answered by Action 4 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Partisan politics ruined this country and will probably continue to have an ill effect upon our great nation for a long time. We all just have to get used to it and vote for the lesser of the two evils.
2006-11-27 14:30:15 · answer #6 · answered by smartass 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Unfortunately, the only common ground seems to be a free fire zone.
2006-11-27 15:40:19 · answer #7 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like you said, both sides want to "control", and neither will agree on hardly anything.
2006-11-27 14:41:07 · answer #8 · answered by El Bubba 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
just think if liberals eased up a long time ago and just let the conservatives run the show, we could still compete in a global market with child labor and no costly unions hampering production. Is america about the possibility of making alot of money. or is it anout equal human rights for everybody.
that's the real question.
socialism is inevitable
2006-11-27 14:36:20 · answer #9 · answered by sapace monkey 3 · 2⤊ 6⤋
Wachu talkin about Willis?
2006-11-27 14:30:32 · answer #10 · answered by Shaddup Libs 5 · 0⤊ 5⤋