I’m extremely disappointed in our political system now. When I was younger we had politicians like Edmund Muskie, George Mitchell. Bill Cohen, Bob Dole, John McCain, and yes Susan Collins. These people disagreed reasonably and still remained cordial. The rhetoric and extreme drama that I have seen in the political debate makes me believe that our country is headed for the dump. I will not vote for anyone who does not remain positive in their political process. I’d rather see newbies who run for office and maintain integrity without the negative campaigning then see the kind of negative destructive verbal jousting that has become the norm. The constant nipping of political correcting instead of focusing on substantive policy decisions is driving me bonkers. There was a time when I could disagree with a neighbor or some other public figure and simply let the process take it’s course. Now, even disagreeing becomes a moral affront. I simply do not understand it. What ever happened to friendly competition? You know, like when we played marbles in the school playground the the one with the most “steeley’s ” always seems to crush all the others. I never held that against those champions of the marble game and eventually, I decided it was not worth the aggravation. I stopped playing marbles. I did not whine about it. You know the saying “take your marbles and go home”. That is what I did. But now it seems like this is not an option. It is better to stay in the game and keep whining, I think not. Grow up people you have a country to govern.