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My First and Only Political Article
At least I hope so.
Recently, I was involved in a political discussion with one of my brothers and his wife. We went back and forth concerning various political figures and philosophies. After a half hour or so, my sister-in-law exclaimed, “well, you just hate everybody!”
I won’t go so far as to say that I hate both parties, but I do admit to not being overly pleased with either. At various times during my life, I’ve voted for both Democrats and Republicans. There was a time when that wasn’t such an uncommon practice. But now I would be branded a pariah by both parties for having the audacity to vote for the other.
And thus lies the problem.
We have a political world where bipartisanship is as rare as a vegan in a Texas barbeque joint. To even suggest compromise, much less take part in it, is to be the worst type of disloyal member of either party.
What ever happened to statesmanship? What ever happened to the elected official who would sit down and actually have a conversation with someone from the “other side”? Where are the politicians who recognize that they have more in common with members of the other party than they think and do not consider them to be evil people for holding different views?
