In my overly pessimistic opinion, you don't. It is broken beyond repair. In theory I think it could be fixed, but the people have to make some serious changes. I think what has always made America great are its citizens, not its leaders, or military power. Not anymore. We suck. There I said it. People need to change. Sure there are some great people here, but they are drowned out by uneducated masses, spoiled entitled brats, and people indifferent to what is going on around them. The people who do take an interest are by and large blinded by hate. Some don't care what happens as long as they have the latest Iphone. Others watch the Kardashians or Honey Boo Boo. Many can't read (and try to blame others, ie bad education or "the man"). And a lot expect the world to provide for them and blame the system for their failings. Personal responsibility is dead.
The single biggest thing that I think hurts our country is partisan politics. George Washington was right to warn the country against political parties. The Zimmerman trial is a good case in point. Two idiots from both sides made this case a political nightmare. Sean Hannity and Barrack Obama (you know you are a partisan if that comment is already causing you to dismiss my point). The President talked about how Trayvon was like the son he never had and Sean Hannity invited Zimmerman on his show to hold him up as some sort of hero. At this point the Obama zombies were on Trayvon's side and the righties were on Zimmerman's side. A lot of them (probably most of them) didn't even know the facts but their affiliations and hatred of the other caused them to be prejudiced towards one interpretation of the facts (the truth is in the middle). If the political line hadn't been drawn in the sand I wonder if more people would have been able to see this for what it is: two idiots colliding, neither one of which had the brains to back off. Stay in your car; go home. Nobody is dead. End of story.
Furthermore, it is amazing how many blind liberal democrats justify Obama in doing the things he does, when Bush did the EXACT same things they were scared, outraged, and appalled. Republicans are NO better. I heard one conservative commentator say that Spitzer should not be allowed to run for office because of his past, yet claimed that it was different for S.C. Gov. Sandford (was that his name?). The blind allegiance is one thing, it causes problems but on its own it won't kill the country. The blind hate, on the other hand, is killing the country. There are people who despise Obama, Pelosi, Bush, Beck, Limbaugh, or Reid (don't even DARE bring him up around Mormons in Las Vegas....eye roll) simply because they say things they don't agree with. Right now some of you are justifying your hate to any of those people (liars, corrupt, dumb, etc.) which only proves my point. I am not going to get into the whole racism thing. It exists. Plain and simple. I am not a racist. I suppose that's all I can do to help the problem. But its not just the racial majority doing the hating. Until everybody is held to the same standard, I suppose it will always exist. Darn it, I guess I did get into it.
Look, I love America. But we have cancer. I think it is terminal. Unless someone can show me a way to unite the country (please don't say war) we are doomed. Obama could say I love freedom and the first thing the repubs are thinking is how he is a liar. Bush could have said he loved baby kittens, and the dems would be calling for a boycott on baby kittens the next day. We have issues. The way to fix them is not to hate each other. Gay marriage. Wow. What a hateful topic. You are either an evil sinner or a homophobic bigot. Problematic. Can't we just find the middle ground? And there is middle ground. But finding the middle ground requires both sides to make compromise, and today compromise is seen as weak (I had a friend in law school tell me that she wouldn't compromise on this issue because then the other side would get their way. Face meet palm). Abortion: you are either a murderer or you want to oppress women. Immigration: somehow its become a racist issue too. Division, division, division.
Hate. It's killing us.
End Rant.