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Linda Kinne's avatar

You know, everything you say about Democrats and liberals can be said about Republicans. That's the absolute truth. So don't bother blowing steam at me. That sameness is also the problem. Until left and right voters recognize they have mountains of issues in common, the two parties will never again be effective. That's why I do my level best to converse with folks on the right.

We get nowhere—absolutely, unequivocally nowhere—when playing blame games. Each and every voter is responsible for the catastrophic state the government is in now. Not until Republicans and Democrats really listen to each other again and demand solutions to issues affecting us all will we ever have good government again.

Both parties drink kool-aid, both are worried about financial survival and education, environment, laws and rights—pretty much everything. And even if we vote for good, fair solutions, we still have to rely on greedy, stupid, self-serving politicians.

I guess I'm just proposing we set an example for how mature, grown people can resolve differences for the sake of the greater good.

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Earl M's avatar

I appreciate your reply but you don’t seem to be looking in the right places. I agree that both parties are not the best. Ask your self who has the most blame. The way I see it, the last year of Bush sure wasn’t the best but the first year of Obama started with the weaponization of the government and media and it went downhill from there. I guess you forgot that Obama spent 20 years listening to Rev. Wright-“ G*d da*n America” in church? And he served 8 years and he was no angel. I could agree with you but 8 years? They attacked Trump the minute he announced he was running and haven’t stop yet. Trump is not ideal but things were a whole lot better with our country even though the dems and RINO’s fought the whole way. I told my son Trump needed to hire 10,000 lawyers before he was elected just to clean the government up. That included both parties.

But hey, you have your opinion and I have mine. May the least evil win.

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Diana Kelly's avatar

Playing the blame game over and over accomplishes nothing. The only way forward is "for the center to hold", to come together to govern for everyone rather than gridlock for petty partisan politics. I think it was George Washington who expressed deep reservations about some pitfalls of political parties, where allegiance to the party becomes more important than governing for the nation.

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