So, to me, the above article illustrates exactly what is wrong with
our government today. Let's ignore the arguments on who is right and
who is wrong. Let's step back from the discussions over whether we
have come a long way towards Reverend King's dream or whether we
still have a long way to go. Let's just focus on one simple fact.
Our politicians are so dysfunctional that they can't even make nice
nice at public events designed to honor one of the strongest driving
forces in our nation's history.
Let me put this in perspective. All week long, various events were
held to celebrate the life and work of an amazing man. Both sides
invited the other side to attend their events and make speeches. You
know, speeches? The only thing our politicians seem to be able to do
lately? All they had to do was show up and talk. Get some quality
face time and maybe speak about your own views. Nice and simple.
You show your support for the Dream and you score some brownie points
with the voters.
Instead, each little camp of politicians ignores the other side all
together (Okay in fairness, Bush and Bush Jr. didn't show up for
valid health reasons.) and make their own little parties designed to
push their own political agenda. The Damnocrats bad mouth the
Reboobicans and talk about how the Elitist Rich are destroying the
Dream of King. The Reboobicans scream that lax social and economic
policies are turning America into a Welfare State. The entire time,
both sides are completely ignoring the main spirit of King's dream.
If our politicians can't even set aside their animosity for a simple
meet/greet/speak where they only have to pretend to like each other,
then what hopes do we have of them ever achieving any sort of real
success in fixing our nation's problems? Both sides are so busy
arguing about who is right and who is wrong that they can't work
together or even appear in public together. If they cannot
compromise over the simple stuff, how can they possibly ever come to
an agreement over the hard stuff.
Whether people like it or not, the only way we are going to make any
inroads into fixing our problems is going to be by making
compromises. Neither side is going to get things their own way no
matter how hard they try. To fix things, both Parties are going to
have to, at least in the short term, lose a little. Since this goes
against the Politician mindset, I don't see it happening anytime
soon.
End of Rant
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