longnshort, why work the margins (those areas that have been hashed and rehashed over, and over)?
Huh? This just happened this week. Same with Maxine Waters saying the Tea Party can go straight to hell - that happened last weekend. Also this week: “Let us all remember who the real enemy is. The real enemy is the Tea Party — the Tea Party holds the Congress hostage. They have one goal in mind, and that’s to make President Obama a one-term president,” Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) said at a Miami town hall with constituents.
Are you suggesting that longnshort is the one who is doing the alienating because he posts something that someone else actually said? That wasn't rehashing - he was pointing out who that person was, a person who has made false claims in the past.
How about the Black Caucus - who held a series of town hall meetings last weekend that were supposed to be about jobs, but used the meetings to slam the Republicans and the Tea Party - How about they help contribute to a better dialogue by toning down their attacks? How about telling their constituents what they're doing about the miserable job situation.
It doesn't help that there are Americans in Congress calling other Americans terrorists because they don't hold the same beliefs - starting with the vice president.
Are we supposed to ignore these people in the name of compromise? How do you find common ground with people who are so rigid and divisive?
How do you find solutions when one side focuses on placing the blame on Bush, the earthquake, the weather, Arab Spring, European crisis, tsunami, and corporate jet owners instead of focusing on the problem and trying to find a solution?
It might help if instead of name-calling and blame-placing that both sides figure out a way to perform the basic part of the job they were hired to do - put together a budget. Sop using our tax money for political favors and earmarks.
As long as the government sets the tone and pits one side against the other, they can avoid being held responsible.
We should focus our efforts on those 500+ people who are making and enforcing all the rules that effect the rest of us, instead of on each other. |
