As perhaps the newest newbie to the board, my observation is that it's just a couple of people who are obsessed with a few others. One such example can be found in this very thread. I believe you have the ability to block their posts if you don't want to read them.
As for the politics - I share in the difficulty regarding having an intellectual conversation with liberals. I've given up trying to be nice to them after demonstrating twice their support for an open book Marxist. The only thing worse than someone who speaks so willingly of changing the very foundations of our country are the sheeple who are too ignorant to understand what they have actually voted to support. Barack Obama has broken down what being a liberal really means in to three groups- the true Socialist/Commie/Marxists, the lazy moochers the first group feeds in order to maintain their votes, and the ignorant bleeding heart do-gooders who are actually just plain dumb and easily fooled. Which of those would you prefer to have as a neighbor or even just a dinner guest? Would you rather be married to a dumb blonde, a thief, or a pathological liar? You guys keep patting yourselves on the back for saying how much you respect the ability to have differing thoughts, but sooner or later you need to realize the conversation isn't about job security for the middle class worker who WANTS to bust his/her butt for a good wage.
