Have you never listened to talk radio? Rush Limbaugh, Marc Levin, Sean Hannity, just to name a few. Have you read the books of Ann Coulter? They have been pursuing the politics of hatred and division since Bill Clinton. They and now people like you have made democrats "the other". They have said democrats hate America, are socialists, communists, who want to see the destruction of America. Here is the plain, simple truth. Democrats love America. Republicans love America. Democrats want what is best for America. Republicans want what is best for America.  We just have many different ideas of what that is. We are not a left, right or centrist country. Look at the last election. Less than 30% of eligible voters elected the president. Less than 30% voted for his opponent. The worst, most troubling number is that more than 40% didn't give a crap one way or the other. We have to agree to disagree and compromise where necessary because neither party represents a majority of Americans.