I added this political blog a few years ago, hoping to have a respectful dialogue with people of like and different persuasions in regards to the war and various political issues. As you can see I never kept it up as I came to believe that it is near impossible to achieve that climate of listening and respecting people who see the situations at hand and their solutions so differently. That has only been reinforced with the passing of the years.
I find it very troubling that people are so unkind and disrespectful of the office of President. Perhaps that is because I am old enough to have been taught that our country has a two party system. When it comes time to elect a President every four years you take your little self to the poll and vote for the person you feel (based solely on your experience and perception) will do the best job. Your choice is going to be the person who supports your issues and agendas, and your pocketbook. One person will win and one will lose. The winner is the President of the UNITED States of America, and all its people. That commands a certain degree of respect.
Indeed it bothers me greatly that we have overwhelmingly elected a man President in a time of national crisis on ever so many levels, and we won't allow him to put forth his efforts to rectify the problems we collectively face. I believe in having an oppositional party but I do not believe in opposing and hampering a leader in everything he sets about to do.
That said, you can see why I have little interest in writing about Politics. People don't listen well to one another, they simply fight, and tear down. Greed, corruption, everyone for himself at the expense of another has gotten us to where we are...and in my humble opinion its a MESS.
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