The further you get from the political centre the more lies you encounter.

[TaraJo]

I disagree entirely. Extremists generally lie to avoid any problems when people challenge their core beleifs rather than looking at them and adjusting them. Extremist groups lie about their own 'side's' atrocities and endlessly complain about the others. We in the centre are actually concerned about what both sides do. We worry about what effect our actions have. We realize that there are often no simple answers -for extremists everything is simple , there are black and white answers and when reality doesn't fit they lie to make it fit.

Take any issue you like that is currently controversial in the US and is polarized between left and right .

Yep, I'm seeing that, too.

There's also the big problem that extremists are unwilling to compromise to get done what they need done. As much as I objected to the Republican behavior policing Clinton in the 90's, I can appreciate that both sides were willing to give a little and get a little in return. If not for congress spending millions investigating where Bill put his weiner, it would just about be a model for how our government is supposed to work.

Am I the only one who wishes Bill Clinton could run for president again?