Reasonable discourse

There is no greater current frustration for me than the irrationality and pure hatred that evolves out of the election of our president in the era of social media.  Spend some time and log on to the twitter account of @speakerboehner or @nancypelosi and see if they are actually giving you any positive information about anything, especially the betterment of the country.  Are they?  Nope.  They are spending time bashing whoever the lead of the opposition is with impunity.   You’d think that would be high enough in the government to expect some desire for teamwork or rational discourse.  You know who else does it but with less vitriol?  Both presidential candidates, @mittromney and @barackobama.  However, I have some hope there in that there are brief moments where they both say positive things without crapping on the opponent.  I don’t like today.  No one seems to be able to rationally agree without assuming the other’s point is retarded.  I was at lunch the other day and this was actually said: “I haven’t met a reasonable liberal yet.  I’d know if I met one because once I explained the facts to them they’d immediately become conservative.”  I'm not sure that is reasonable.