07-21-2022, 01:38 PM
It hasn't gotten any better because we have the same ineffectual Congress. It's already been brought up why Trump is still all over the place, but people really need to stop putting so much stock into POTUS to begin with. Congress is to blame for so many of our woes.
When Roe fell, all I heard from some progressive outlets was how both Obama and Biden paid lip service to the idea of codifying it in legislation. News flash, folks, that's the job of Congress! The POTUS isn't in charge of the legislature. Blame Congressional leadership for these shortcomings. Blame them for not effectively exercising their oversight authority on the Executive branch when they overreach. Blame them for putting party above country. Ask your Representatives and Senators why they aren't doing the things they were sent to Washington to do. Then, when they give you a wishy washy answer that is nothing but empty platitudes, tell them you'll be looking forward to casting your vote for someone else.
The system is a mess right now because we, the people, are allowing it to be. I shared in another thread how the approval rating for both Republicans and Democrats in Congress right now is below 40%. But I guarantee you that the majority of races with incumbents running will result in incumbents winning. Nothing changes because we are allowing it to be. Write someone in if you don't like the candidates on the ballot. Send a message. When the votes are counted for an incumbent running unopposed and they get 90% because 10% wrote in someone else, even their own name, then it sends a message.
When Roe fell, all I heard from some progressive outlets was how both Obama and Biden paid lip service to the idea of codifying it in legislation. News flash, folks, that's the job of Congress! The POTUS isn't in charge of the legislature. Blame Congressional leadership for these shortcomings. Blame them for not effectively exercising their oversight authority on the Executive branch when they overreach. Blame them for putting party above country. Ask your Representatives and Senators why they aren't doing the things they were sent to Washington to do. Then, when they give you a wishy washy answer that is nothing but empty platitudes, tell them you'll be looking forward to casting your vote for someone else.
The system is a mess right now because we, the people, are allowing it to be. I shared in another thread how the approval rating for both Republicans and Democrats in Congress right now is below 40%. But I guarantee you that the majority of races with incumbents running will result in incumbents winning. Nothing changes because we are allowing it to be. Write someone in if you don't like the candidates on the ballot. Send a message. When the votes are counted for an incumbent running unopposed and they get 90% because 10% wrote in someone else, even their own name, then it sends a message.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
