Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Political Parties...It's not keg and eggs
A lot of people think they know what political parties are all about. Heck I used to think I did, but now I realize how clueless I have been all these years. Now I just think people that represent us don't like to pay their taxes We all know that Republicans want tax cuts, no abortion, and no gay marriage. We know that Demi's want to spend money (800 billion dollar stimulus plan), gay marriage, and a womans right to choose if she wants her baby. While the bi-partisanship is one of the great things about America, I wouldn't call political parties families or anything. Although, President Obama is certainly trying to sway the GOP with their bellies. The beauty of all of this is though that political parties represent you and the rest of the people of the United States. Everyone is so happy now with the "change" and "hope" and all else that comes with the newly appointed President Obama. A lot of americans smelled what Barack was cookin. Everyone (take exception to felons and minors) has a vote that counts in the United States. People vote for the political party that they think can benefit their lives the best. Call it a preference or an allegiance to one party if you will, but I dont know many people that just switch the party that they usually vote for. I live in Waukesha county though, so it seems as if everyone here is republican. I get thrown into the fire for having some moderate views on things around here. Political Parties are around so while coming up with rules and regulations in this country, hopefully the person that you voted for is representing you and doing the best they can in order to make sure that what is done for americans is done with tireless effort.
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So, who has a better understanding of parties, Washington or Delay?
ReplyDeleteI like how blunt you put it! – very nice. That’s what most Americans think when they think about political parties. I think a lot of people voted for Obama because he promised this “hope” and “change” like you mentioned but are going to be very disappointed during the next couple of years if he fails to deliver. I think it’s ridiculous that now he’s in office he says, “Oh, I didn’t know how much of a mess Bush left for me, so now I can’t follow through with all the promises I made to Americans.” What a great excuse. If he was any type of politician aching to become president he would have done his research and understood what was really going on so he could come to the White House prepared. The excuses aren’t going to get him too far, he needs to start doing what’s right for the country (ie stop taxing us all to death) and stop blaming Bush for everything.
ReplyDeleteI guess I don't understand how you truly feel about parties. Would you take Washington's or Delay's stance? It seems you have a hope to be accurately represented but do you approve of the ideas of political parties?
ReplyDeleteThe better understanding of the parties? I'm not going to answer that. I think that too much has changed over the last 200 years in order to compare Washington to Delay's speeches. I like Delay's points though. While one political party may put up a road block up in order to put a stop to a certain issues, it does so with the interest of the people (usually the minority) that don't agree with what they are doing. Delay said they could have accomplished a lot more if liberals hadn't "fought tooth and nail" over certain issues. Yes that is true, but is that really a democracy? That's the beauty of bi-partisanship. While I myself can be very skeptical of both parties inability to compromise with eachother, sometimes their stubborness is a good thing. I mean think about it, how many other countries would allow us to blog about what we think of the government and not slit our throats or shoot us in the head? That's the beauty of America.
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