My point is simple. When you filter out all the beliefs that any politician - liberal, conservative, something in the middle of the two or further right or further left - holds precious as a mantra, you are left with a root core fact: all of us are Americans. Like it or not, the primary method for our form of government is to discuss and then plot a course for the issues we face as a country. The primary method of our government is not to whining and fussing and threatening to shut down the government because "that will show the other side" that we are protesting or supporting some "great cause" that is polling well. It's not to whine and fuss and feign disbelief at the direction of our country now that "your side" lost a debate and the plotted course is not one you agree with. Yes, I'm thinking about Obamacare & Planned Parenthood. None of that is productive. All that is doing is taking your ball away from the game and pouting because you were not winning.
I know all about pouting. It's a dangerous slippery slope. Once you are accused of pouting, it's generally difficult to convince the accuser that you are not, in fact, protesting. Often, you are doing what you originally didn't want to do when originally asked. It's a difficult position. You don't want to do what you were asked to do, the person asking makes a fuss that you don't want to do it, so you do it, and then you are accused of pouting as you are doing what you were originally asked to do.
I digress.
I really wish the Republicans had a clear message about their policies and a clearly united idea about how their plan for America is the direction we should all buy into by electing a Republican candidate in the 2016 presidential election. Personally, I don't think the Democrats have a clear message about their policies either, but since the Republican debate is tonight, I'm not thinking about them. The problem with the Republican party, as I've whined and fussed about on this blog since July 2015, is that they do not have that unified policy. At one time, there were 20 candidates for president. I wrote that all of them needed to get locked into a room until they could decide who is running and to solemnly promise to not talk negatively about any other Republican candidate. Of course, that didn't happen. Carson / Trump, Bush / Rubio... all sorts of mini-feuds are distracting from a debate about policy.
Tell me how we are going to pay down the national debt. As of just a few seconds ago, each citizen in the United States would have to pay $57,219 to pay their portion. That's a policy decision that I want to know about. If a Democrat has a plan, I'd love to hear it. If a Republican has a plan, I'd love to hear it. Quit distracting from the real issues! The following screen print is from http://www.usdebtclock.org/
For what it's worth, this article is cited extensively in the first link of this blog post.
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