Bye-bye, Bipartisanship
I have to admit to being depressed by the newest round of accusations spewing forth from D.C. The problem isn't what Congress is saying; it's that they are saying nothing new.
"If this is going to be bipartisanship, the country's screwed," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, told ABC's "This Week."
I agree. We are screwed. The much bigger issue is that we've been screwed for decades, maybe centuries. An entry on OpEdNews.com states, "In his Observations on History, Benjamin Franklin wrote that parties engender confusion. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay warned against the evils to the general public that a 'spirit of faction' would cause. And George Washington refused allegiance to any political party during his eight-year service as first president of the United States."
Yet, here we are. Rush Limbaugh and Al Franken both have more to say about our parties and politics than you and me. Why? Because being moderate doesn't make headlines. It doesn't make corporations or publishing houses money.
McCain said in an interview this weekend, "Republicans were guilty of this kind of behavior [partisanship under George W. Bush]. I'm not saying that we did things different. But Americans want us to do things differently, and they want us to work together."
That's right, we are and we do. We're also expecting Congress to fix the mess started with the banking deregulation started under Clinton and accelerated under Bush. We pay Senators nearly $170,000 each year (plus fabulous health benefits they haven't seen fit to pass for the rest of us - see ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate) to make sure we live in peace and relative prosperity. So, Senators Graham and McCain, when are you going to stop whining about the ball game and step up and earn your salary?
"If this is going to be bipartisanship, the country's screwed," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, told ABC's "This Week."
I agree. We are screwed. The much bigger issue is that we've been screwed for decades, maybe centuries. An entry on OpEdNews.com states, "In his Observations on History, Benjamin Franklin wrote that parties engender confusion. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay warned against the evils to the general public that a 'spirit of faction' would cause. And George Washington refused allegiance to any political party during his eight-year service as first president of the United States."
Yet, here we are. Rush Limbaugh and Al Franken both have more to say about our parties and politics than you and me. Why? Because being moderate doesn't make headlines. It doesn't make corporations or publishing houses money.
McCain said in an interview this weekend, "Republicans were guilty of this kind of behavior [partisanship under George W. Bush]. I'm not saying that we did things different. But Americans want us to do things differently, and they want us to work together."
That's right, we are and we do. We're also expecting Congress to fix the mess started with the banking deregulation started under Clinton and accelerated under Bush. We pay Senators nearly $170,000 each year (plus fabulous health benefits they haven't seen fit to pass for the rest of us - see ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate) to make sure we live in peace and relative prosperity. So, Senators Graham and McCain, when are you going to stop whining about the ball game and step up and earn your salary?
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