There are morons on both sides of the aisle as Lugar reminds us. This man has lived so far outside reality for so many years that he is utterly incapable of rational thought.

He and Arlen Specter must be great friends.

From a RINO who failed to support (in fact campaigned against) the Repub who beat him in the primary.

There surely must be a place in Hades for this type of back-stabbing, self-centered sumbidge.

Sounds like Lugar is a bit nostalgic for his days as one of the Top RINOs in D.C.

No Richard. The rancor is over the fact that more and more Americans no longer believe in this country and the direction it is heading. Instead, they vote to change the direction. There is never unanimity in change. And the slowly awaking giant that is the American people are moving towards change. Of course those that most benefit from the current status quo will bemoan the ´rancor´ that is really change. We will change this country or form a new one if needed. The Rebublicans and other politicos ignore us at their peril. Fear of change generates the ‘rancor’ opinion. But change is not bad and in this case far past needed.

Following in your footsteps, Lugar, just following in your footsteps.

This coming from Richard Lugar, the poster child for what is wrong in America.

I disagree with the useless old clown, as usual. There is rancor because a large percentage of the population is against a monarchy and its liberal agenda. It´s people like lugar that helped us get to this point.

So says the king of the "go along" Republicans.

How much were you paid for your speech Former Senator Lugar?

Oh Dick, Dick! Please - - please come back - - and help us reach across the aisle.

That´s the only way we can become civilized again.

We miss you SO MUCH!!! There´s no one left in the Congress who looks as much like Howdy Doody as you do.

"Bemoaning the depth of US political rancor" is like bemoaning the height of a fever. Blaming partisanship on "outside agitators" is false and insulting nonsense. (Though attributing at least some of it to a president who thinks his job description is to be a community agitator may not be far off base.)

It is amazing that Richard Lugar could spend his entire life in politics and still not grasp the basics. There are lots more like him on both sides of the aisle and, of course, in the media.

Loud, strong and rancorous political rhetoric and action signifies deep and therefore important disagreements. People like Lugar simply do not understand, or perhaps do not want to admit this. They think the disagreements are not all that serious or important, and that they would be easy to smooth out if there were not so much. . . disagreement!

Barack Obama has proclaimed his intent "to fundamentally transform the United States of America," and the entire Democratic party seems to be in line with his plan. Quite a few Americans, however, do not wish their country to be fundamentally transformed and do not see this as the the role of the president. Even if they did, they would not choose someone like Barack Obama to do the job for them.

FTA: He recently joined IU to teach at its new School of Global and International Studies . . . .

Lugar is an insufferable bore. I pity any student who has to sit through his lectures.

Well said #4, The way I see it is that the only way to change this corrupt and bloated government is to starve it out, and the only way to do that is to separate and cut off the supply. By 2016, it will be too late.

i would expect that the republican apologist who defend Rove, Romeny etc would be agreeing with this old Rino. the silence is deafening

Well, DICK. you were part of all this for more years than half the country has been alive. Only now are you bringing all this enlightenment and insight to the fore?

Personally, I´m glad that you are gone. Please become forgotten.

We need to raise hell.

We need to jump ugly.

This idiot ain´t seen nothing yet.

We don´t need less political rancor. We need more of it. It is precisely the go along to get along mentality that has allowed our government to engage in institutionalized theft on a scale never before seen. It has reached the point where our government is placing a debt burden on people who haven´t even been born. If that doesn´t deserve rancor, then nothing does.

RINOS have always been happy to saunter across the aisle to go along to get along with their liberal Democrat friends. That way they are sure to get invitations to all the inside the beltway liberal´s dinner parties and is why the country is in such a dire fiscal state now.

There has been far to little rancor for far too long.
Lugar should have been sent packing years ago.
The notorious Member from Indiana has a penchant for supporting his friends (Democrats) and his enemies (Republicans).
An honest press would have hounded him years ago, had there been such a thing as an honest press.
Lugar is a true RINO, willing to take party money and forget the party.
No wonder Dems have a majority. They own the RINOs. And Rove wants the Tea Party put to death.

Wow. With friends like Rove and Lugar, we don´t need enemies!

Didn´t Indiana already hock this Lugar?