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Originally posted by SinisterMotives
However, I don't see the connection between that and the caustic divisiveness that has been at play in America's domestic political life since early in the Clinton era.
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At the risk of going off-topic, I must remind everyone that venomous partisanship is not unique to the last decade of American politics. Yes, we are living through a particularly nasty period, but it in no way matches other, more contentious, eras. Hell, it was once a common practice for congressman to come to session armed with knives and guns.