Jan

19

I forget who John Stewart of the “Daily Show” asked but the question went something like this…

“What I don’t understand is why Democrats need sixty votes to pass legislation and Republicans only need fifty-one?”

This is a good question. When the Republicans controlled the Congress they seemed to get legislation passed and never once had a majority of sixty. Whether you agree with what is being passed is not the point. Republicans do not seem to need sixty votes, but Democrats do. Maybe a Democrat could share the reason why this is with us.

In a time when we need change, we have the Democrats who have the ball but have started running in the wrong direction. We have the other party being nothing but obstructionist. I would have no problem with their dissent if they actually had some alternative solutions to the problems we are facing. They have brought nothing to the table. Nothing. I have spent a considerable amount of my time trying to figure out what they are offering. They are offering nothing. They are essentially dead-wood.

I am more dismayed by the American public at large. The reward for obstructionism is putting this party back in office? I hear the American public is tired of partisanship. I have not seen that with respect to healthcare. I saw one side looking for input and overtly getting told the goal of the minority was to kill healthcare. It is hard to work and play well with others that have no desire to play with you.

Did they do it with thoughtful debate and discourse. No. They did it with “death panels” , and shouting matches at forums that were meant to be about constructive dialog. Have we really become a nation where innuendo and 30-second sound bites is all we need to form an opinion.

 I am baffled. Truly baffled.

If the Democrats really think they need sixty votes to get anything done I would suggest we just vote them all out.

 


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