The government shut down has proven to be quite
interesting. I think what is missing is
the understanding that the Tea Party movement has been hijacked by the
conservative/radical wing of the libertarian party. In my opinion the fight over Obama care is a
smoke screen to do what they wanted to do and that is to shut down government which
they did.
Unfortunately, the beginning of the Tea Party movement had
its roots in basic Republican ideals, less spending, less government, and
personal rights; but, now it is no government.
It started out as a Republican revival of principles.
This appears to be a large scale remake of what happened in
NH a couple of years ago when we had the lunatics running the asylum in the
House of Representatives. How many times
did the more common sense Senate have to step in and use their common sense to
deal with the anti government legislation coming out of the house. Keep in mind this was all done in the name of
Republicanism.
Now the US Senate is fighting with the US House of
Representatives over common sense issues.
John Boehner is not as bad as the President and the press make out. The problems appear to be him hanging on to
his leadership position and, because of that, having to deal with the loonies
in DC. Couple all of this with a
President who cannot lead, manage or tell the truth and we have a recipe for
disaster, financially and for the security of our country.
When we step back and think of our political future it is
apparent that we do not have any leadership ready to step up to the plate and
run for political office. It is starting
to wear thin when we have to vote for the lesser of two evils. The old guard Republicans appear to be tired
and disenfranchised by the so called leadership of our party who are better at
name calling then coming up with productive ideas; both parties are doing it so
there is plenty of blame going around.
I cannot tell you what the fix is going to be, politically
we haven’t hit bottom yet; but, I do know the voters have to engage in the
process, we have to take back our government and the process. If we don’t there will be a very short future
for our country and our families
