Palin to would be protestors: Basically go to Cuba

Sarah Palin has said to would be protestors ( actually supporters of hers) at a rally that they should thank the troops for their right to protest. An ok statement if it was made to both sides of this presidential race but I find it ironic that never is such a statement made by conservatives about conservatives protesting against Democrats. Only Democrats protesting against Republicans. Why? Because the implication in such a statement is that those who disagree with people like McCain and Palin and Rush Limbaugh are that they are not true Americans, that they kind of hate America and are abusing their freedom so they should feel guilty by using that freedom. Mrs. Palin, people aren’t protesting against the military, they are protesting against you and McCain and the GOP establishment that has failed this great country for so long so stop hiding behind the troops. If you need to defend yourself then defend your policies. The right to dissent, the right to protest is what America is built upon. We aren’t a nation of individuals who say yes to whatever the government says we should follow. If a policy or war is wrong then it should be questioned even if the Rush Limbaughs of talk radio (who opposed the Bosnian war by the way) don’t like it. North Carolina congressman Robin Hayes stated at an McCain rally, "Liberals hate real Americans that work and achieve and believe in God." I hope and wish this isn't what the GOP stands for today. I hope and wish this isn't the view of the average conservative and republican. I don't think it does, I think it represents only a fringe of the GOP. Neither fringe of both parties does their side justice. Liberals and conservatives have their disagreements, as they always have since the founding of the Republic in the 18th century but the idea that rank and file liberals who work and achieve and pay taxes and quite frequently go to church hate those conservatives who also do the same exact things, is absurd.

A GOP congresswoman wants us to investigate members of congress if they are "pro-America or anti-America." I didn't know when the congresswoman became the judge of what a true American was in Congress or society and the idea we engage in witchhunts in order to appease Ms. Bachman is absurd. We shouldn't be trying to divide ourselves as a nation.