Pezz....how right you are! If there was not CIVIL disagreement, we would not, by definition be a democracy.
A major point I have not seen addressed here: (but, I admit having read only about 1/7th of the posts)....is that we have been a TWO party republic for most of our 222 years of existence. Every once in a while, a third party kicks in and muddies the waters, and no one is happy. Idiot Ross Perot (who practically lives in my back yard) did us this huge favor during the past two elections....so we have a weak president to begin with, that is in without a true concensus.
I have confessed to being a strong fiscal Republican....but I'd put up an abortion clinic on every corner if I had the funds...I find that the middle ground is more thoughtful and level-headed group...badly needed to off-set the two extremes.
With Clinton's plurality, little has gotten done. That isn't all bad....Greenspan REALLY runs the economy, and when misinformed people give credit to Clinton for it, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
It so vividly expressed the averageing down...the dumbing of the American people...and it makes me fear for our future.
We desperately need a STATESMAN...not a politician for our next president....who can be all that??? We need a moral leader, if we are indeed, to right our own moral attitudes. We need change...but it must come from the hearts and minds of ernest people...not zealots, not screamers.....and, as usual, the most temperate and sane are never the ones to organize.
What are we to do????? |
