Gator,
You make a good point, perhaps my post could have been worded somewhat differently. But it was in reply to another.
Basically what it boils down to in politics, I believe, is whether an issue is truly an issue or a"Red Herring" a "distraction" and so on.
As for the Flag burning..... it really isn't much of an issue, therefore there isn't much to really talk about.
Wages, there is, and yes it has become very partisan. I used to believe you could leave partisan views out most of the time but anymore that idea is just a pipedream, perhaps it always was.
My point is, some issues are just fluff, herrings etc. that either party will use to take heat off of other more pressing issues that the party or Congress as a whole doesn't want to deal with. Flag burning is a good example.
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Originally Posted by Gatorade Frost
Livable wages are important to be thought about and how it can be dealt with, but throwing out tons of quotes and news paper articles to try to prove that politicians suck doesn’t get anyone anywhere. People aren’t going to change their opinions in the face of unreasonable partisanship; it has to be done by dealing specifically with the issues and coming to working conclusions as to how to fix the problem.
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Congress voting for the good of the country as a whole is how things are supposed to work, but in this country, today, partisan hatred of each other has gotten to the point where it is unreasonable, neither side listens to the other, both sides are refusing to make concessions and neither is working for the good of the country, but rather to promote their own party and power. The politicians are scared of voting their true consciences and not along party lines because they will be ridiculed, told how weak they are and lose party support.
Perhaps it has always been this way. The only way it will ever change is if the people truly want it and vote for change. But we don't. We complain how the parties are pretty much the same or how the politicians don't listen but in primaries where we have the choice to vote for better voices and original ideas, we, as a whole, refuse to and career politicians continue to win.
The parties want their agendas taken care of, and they are going to back the frontrunner rather than someone who rocks the boat or maybe a loose cannon.
And most everyone wants to believe
their congressman is truly ok and voting for them it is everyone else's that is the problem. In actuality, your congressman is probably part of the problem, they all are. Until you get true men and women with spines that refuse to take orders and vote their consciences and for what they know to be best for their district and state.... this is what we'll continue to get.