@giddyupngo,

As for the conflict, we need to learn to disagree without demonizing each other and ad hominem attacks. I would welcome more debates, but debates where the microphone is CUT at the end of their time, the sound goes dead whether they are "done" or not.

I would watch the debates JUST to see their mics get CUT!

For all this the USA is still an amazing place to live. We have a lot to improve on, but lets not throw the baby out with the bathwater.

That's the perfect attitude. I'm with you.