why bother caring?

[Saxwsylvania]

Come on.  You guys are acting like this is the apocalypse or something.  It won't be the end of the world if Clinton and McCain are the nominees.  Seriously, how much does this stuff really affect you?

What would the world be like if you had no knowledge of government, politics, or anything at all?  Would it really change that much (besides not spending so much time on this forum)?  Think about it.

[Saxwsylvania]

the choice isn't between "center-right" and "right" not is it about "left" and "socialism" and "taxes" and "Nazis"...  there is no choice because of chronic apathy...

think about this...  a majority (MAJORITY) MAJORITY  of Republican primary voters in SC (also known as, Americans) support the deportation of undocumented immigrants.  they get off on the fantasy of police barging into ghettos, shoving Mexicans onto boats at gunpoint, and dumping them on a hill back in their Old Country...  I suppose we could be sympathetic and say, they don't think it through in their minds that way, or are too dumb...  but as much as it may be true, they don't care enough to think about it...  I share the title of American with millions of these people, and, their presence is the reason why I'm not proud to be an American, and can't foresee ever holding to the cliche, nor should anyone who can think...  or cares too...

"destroy first, and construction will take care of itself"

Well, in the past a majority of SC residences hated Catholics, and wanted none of them in the country. Then of course a majority of SC residences supported Jim crow laws and keeping African Americans down, and I don’t honestly think most of them feel that way now. Anti immigrant rhetoric is pretty popular in parts of America at the moment, but if we as a nation were able to overcome our past problems and prejudices, I say we can overcome this one. Look at the young people, they don’t share this illegal immigrant backlash nearly as much as older folks do, so that’s one area to be hopeful in, right?

I don't believe everything's rosy in America, by far, but I believe we've come along way, and while we still have a ways to go, the progress we have already made gives me hope that we can continue to move forward.

I am just worried that our country has lost its will to be strong as all countries eventually do. I feel that our country has grown aged and weak. I desire to rejuvenate our country, but how....and when?

Instead of rejuvenating the country, why not rejuvenate yourself?

No matter how hard you try, no matter how many elections you win, you can never, ever change anyone besides yourself.  Only when you decide to be the captain of your own life can you ever be happy.

[Saxwsylvania]

This thread is almost Kafkaesque.   

[Saxwsylvania]

This thread is almost Kafkaesque.   

I was thinking more Palahniuk(ian)

That's okay.  I don't know what either of them mean.