There is a saying "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." Since the Democrats are ostensibly the "enemy" of the Republicans, and vice versa, they should be openly discussing how to defeat the other side. Instead, we find the Republicans unwilling to let anyone speak of the other side by levying silly fines and creating an environment of fear within their own ranks. But, maybe there is more to it than meets the eye. Our own government has declared war on us going back to FDR in the early 1930's with the "Trading with the Enemy Act". Add that to the fact that there isn't a whit of difference between the two parties anymore, so maybe the reality is the two parties are going through the motions in deciding who is going to hold the title of President and nothing is going to really change in Washington after January. If that were true, then the powers-that-be would be doing things to make the American public think that we are still a Constitutional republic (or the often named, but nevertheless erroneous, democracy) while they work behind the scenes to steal more from us. Holy hell, why should we expect the politicians to discuss anything worthwhile in the open? The only politician willing to discuss what the people want is Ron Paul and he is being shunned both by the controlled press and by his own party. Shouldn't that alone tell us what our own government thinks of us? Just remember what I wrote the next time you see one of those smarmy idiots in some TeeVee commercial promising you things they never intend for you to have. They don't care about you. They just want your approval before they fleece you. ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING