General Discussion

The whole idea behind the American two party system was to have two competing ideologies with the same benevolent goal, i.e. advancing the good of the nation and its people. When the main goal of one of the parties is solely to thwart the other party, irregardless of what misery it causes the population, or what damage it does to the nation, it becomes an inherently "good vs. evil" adversarial contest, where one of the parties has good intentions, but one hand tied behind its back, and the other party sees its main goal as tying that other party's other hand behind its back as well. We will never understand what makes them feel that way, and they will never understand why we hate stooping to their level, but they are grateful for our reluctance to do so.