Thinking outside your comfort zone

I am not a believer in our nations two party political system. I consider myself to be an independent and value the opinions of each American. Not because of what party they're in but because they are entitled to their own beliefs. This however is a right not a privilege and it drives me crazy when people voice their opinions but have NO idea what they are talking about. Both the republicans and the democrats of our country pride themselves not really on being one or the other but instead claiming they are not the other. They feel their views MUST be opposite of the other party and therefore create unnecessary arguments among each other and rally up other Americans to do the same. If America really wants reform the two parties really need to learn to respect eachother and listen to everybodys opinions. They need to work together and stop being so stubburn as to thinking one is better than the other and accept that somewhere there is middle ground to be covered. Not accepting ones opinions just because they are in a different belief system than you is ridiculous. We can compare our most radical politicialns to those radicals in race groups or even religions. America needs to wake up and realize if we dont work together we will surely die alone...