Huffington<\/span> Post, and featuring a cadre of celebrities and entertainers who, on the whole, tend to the liberal side of the debates, and centered around continual mocking of the Tea Party, and those who support the Tea Party\u2026and the final appeal is for unity? <\/p>\nWhat would have shown unity? One suggestion would have been to work with various folks, organizations, and interest groups from the right. Inviting Glenn Beck, or some Tea Party folks. Showing they want unity. Not just saying they want unity while having every second of the event scream they want conformity to their ideals. The problem with America today is that we are so divided, we don\u2019t even realize it any more. If there are problems without our unity, we imagine it\u2019s their fault, whoever the they happens to be. When our call for bi-partisanship and togetherness is filtered through common sense, it emerges as simply one more demand to have it our way, the whole way, and everyone else confess they have been the problem all along. I seriously doubt the media, in its celebration of the event, will catch the irony.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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