The political infighting in Washington has gotten so bad that it looks like the government is going to shut down again this year. Sad that grown men and women can’t talk to each other with respect or listen to each other’s ideas. The saddest thing I have heard about Washington politics is the expanding number of Congressmen and women who supported a position until the other party proposed it, then changed their minds and opposed it. That’s so childish I wonder why the people who vote for these playground fugitives continue to send them back.
What we ought to do is break the strangle hold the two main parties have on politics in America. There are so many other parties to chose from, you can find someone who represents you better than the Democrats and Republicans. Shoot, the Republicans ought to break into at lest three parties, Tea Party, Old Line Conservatives (read big business lackeys) and Populists. Meanwhile, the Democrats ought to split two ways, Progressives and Special Interest Liberals. Maybe we could add in a moderate party to round it out, and then Washington will look more realistic. The other political parties, like the Greens or the Libertarians, will also fit right in then.
Think about it. We already have political cacophony in Congress, we may as well look like Europe.
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