Brought over from the old site - 9/30/06

The two-party system that has come to be the norm for the United States has always been one of my least favorite aspects of our culture. It naturally polarizes groups of people, but recently that polarization has become more acute. Why is it that we feel that our views are unilaterally correct and our "opponents" are 100% wrong in all that they do? Such a position defies common sense, yet we cling to it. Do you ever ask yourself why that is? Do you ever ask anyone else?