The Two-Party System Online.

I've been somewhat active in reading comments on news articles that I have been perusing online. HuffingtonPost.com is especially active with comments. It's no secret that HuffPost.com has an extreme liberal democrat readership base. This is agonizingly apparent in their comments. The vitriol that commenters spew is nauseating at times, and if you dare attack their candidate (Barack Obama) they will automatically assume you are a Republican.

I see some that make this mistake on HuffPost.com, and automatically get attacked by commenters believing that they are part of the Republican Party. This seriously makes me sick. Are people really this entrenched in the two-party system to be so blind that they offer knee-jerk reactions whenever anyone criticizes the side that they are on? Do people not realize that we should judge our elected officials based on actions, merit, integrity, and values on an individual basis and not on whether they have an 'R' or 'D' next to their name? I swear, people just need to take a step back and take a deep breath.