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I’ve heard enough gloom and doom talk over this impeachment thing to last a lifetime. And it comes from all sides. Both parties. Male and female. Young and old…
They’ve about fixed it so nobody is happy in America these days.
I guess we ought to take our hats off in awe and wonder… Only the upper level of our unique political system could cause such a genuine outcry amongst the ranks!
Finger pointing has taken on a life of its own. We’re talking from the President down to a first year rookie Congressman. And it cuts both ways. Every elected organism that stands before a podium or comes on “Face the Nation” has got the “facts” to back them up. And it doesn’t matter which party or political persuasion. They bring charts. Diagrams. Emails. Graphs. Pictures...
They can’t all be right!
Guilt and innocence doesn’t seem to be the point anymore. And I’m not sure where that leaves truth and justice. Aw, they all scream for it, demand it, proclaim it to the high Heavens...for the other side!
When the vote is always every Democrat Congress member for an issue and every Republican counterpart against it, or vice versa—guilt and innocence AND truth and justice seem to take a backseat to party lines.
It would be humorous…if it wasn’t so heartbreaking.
I’m wondering how much real “congressing” hasn’t gotten done in the last several weeks because of this melee. ’Course, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. With our government, sometimes less is better!
Will Rogers wrote a hundred years ago, “Thank goodness we’re not getting all the Government we are paying for.”
You’d think we have rewritten the book on pointing out the other fellow’s shortcomings; taken “polarization” to new heights. But not so fast…
President George Washington was unanimously elected twice. After that, the gloves came off. Two of his cabinet members, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, were worlds apart in their view of the future for the fledging country.