As I observe our two party system congealed into a state of immobility it occurs to me that what has taken place is a brazen case of identity theft. The two parties,
Republican and Democrat, have concluded that they each individually are the embodiment of the federal union, and the other party are aliens.
The fate of the nation, its very survival, is identified by and with their party, and the other is the ENEMY. A war to the death is under way, and among the casualties are millions of citizens who are losing their livelihoods, their health
care, their homes and their very futures.
As in all warfare, there are no real winners, only temporary victors who gain the spoils of victory: a devastated economy, a diminished world status, and a bitterly divided nation. The losers nurse their wounds, re-arm and mobilize for the next time.
Meanwhile they sabotage every attempt by the victors to govern.
Is this the perfect union our founders meant for us? They tried to account for
the frailties, imperfections and pettiness of men in the checks and balances they built into our federal system. It seems they underestimated our venality.
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Lack of respect and corruption in our Government today is worse than during the Teapot Dome scandal. It filters all the way down to Main Street and even in our own homes.
We should make a stand to stop it.
We must take an active part in politics to restore civility and honesty in our representatives. Then we can hope a budding ethical stance will start from the grassroots and go up the chain.
It may be another Sisyphus boulder because even our own President is not always earnest.
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