I'm not a right winger but I only occasionally eat granola.
I don't get involved in a lot of the political stuff because I'm not American and I don't see the reason to get myself all "het up" on stuff that doesn't have a direct impact on my daily life.
The whole thing about "showing the truth to the other side" is not only boring to watch, it is pretty much an exercise in futility. Some points are interesting. Both sides of any political issue use the same tools and methods to prove their point or discredit each other.
It would be nice if people could see truth and once seeing truth then do the "right" thing. Basically, people do this already. The problem lies with one person's right thing being really different from another.
I guess an example is this hypothetical situation: some crazy guy is running around and threatening people. When the guy runs into a brick wall and injures his head, do you go and finish off the job so he can't threaten anybody anymore or do you try to help the person out and take the chance of getting stabbed in the back? I think that both answers could be right. Depends on one's past experiences.
This isn't probably a really good analogy but...
I also don't think that the current economic problem is really a Republican or Democrat problem. I think it is a cultural problem that goes beyond politics. I'll probably have to do some more thinking about what that is exactly. It's just my feeling that it doesn't really matter who is in office in a really fundamental manner unless you have a large enough income to be playing in the big leagues. In some way, some how, the average person is going to get screwed. Maybe the name of the party only means a difference in the way you get it or how palatable it is. Is it Cherry flavored or does it taste nasty.
I think the problem is the whole merry go round everyone wants to ride. Ultimately, it doesn't make a difference who's pushing it.
