Party or country?

[SunsetBengal]

(07-15-2017, 04:24 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: This image got me thinking about something I listened to last night:


I listen to the Crooked Media family of podcasts, and there are times when they have conservatives/Republicans on to talk about issues. This week they had a GOP operative on talking about things. This guy has an opposition research firm and has worked for GOP candidates and is well connected to folks in Washington. He was talking about how in private, all of these guys think Trump is a mess. But, because GOP voters support Trump as POTUS by a majority, they aren't willing to do anything about it. He talked about seeing internals showing this support, including one recently showing overwhelming support for Trump over Pence as POTUS.

Now, I'm not saying in this thread that Trump has done anything to warrant removal from office, that is not the point of this. The point here is to discuss how the politics in this country, in Washington specifically, has seemed to be to place party over country/law. This is an example of this where we have politicians that, in private, discuss how much they dislike the actions of the POTUS but because it can damage the party they do not express these concerns in public. Even if they believe that these actions are damaging to the country. Whether or not you like Trump is really irrelevant here, this behavioral pattern is troubling. We should have elected officials that stand up for the country and stick to their principles, not kowtow to someone because of party loyalty.

But this is why I handle the behind the scenes stuff and am not a politician.

A thought provoking post.  Kind of puts me in mind of a meme that I saw recently.  It featured a Native American, he was reminding everyone that the Right Wing and the Left Wing belong to the same bird.  If I contemplate the deeper meaning, the bird itself could represent the US, and that both the Right and the Left must be healthy and functioning, in order for the bird to fly.  In reality, I sort of feel like both the Left and the Right are both injured and unhealthy, and the bird (Nation) is at risk of not getting to where it should go.

Getting back to your post, bolded in particular.  I truly think that we have reached a point where everyone that chooses a life of politics, (and politics shouldn't be a career, in my opinion) is tainted in one way or another.  Once any given politician reaches a certain level of success (getting to Washington) they are forced to "go along with the program" (party agenda) in order to remain in Washington.  Personally, I feel that if there were term limits, a lot of career minded politicians would just not even enter the arena.  Those candidates should be chosen by their populous for their works, not because they have "raised the campaign funding".  Anyway, enough of my blathering.  Your post just made me think.