Sunday
Feb212010
Tired of Partisanship? Then Read This.
There are days, indeed many days, when I get tired of the constant partisanship at all levels of government. The constant game of Gotcha is both draining and destructive.
Then I read a quote like this, and I realize why it's important to keep fighting:
"Every major milestone in American history has been won after a major protracted and partisan battle. Go back to the Emancipation Proclamation, the 19th Amendment, the New Deal, Medicare, Social Security, the Voting Rights Act. These were big partisan battles -- one of them involved a civil war. And so the idea that somehow we can all come to the middle and do what? Free half the slaves? Or free them from 12 to five? These are major issues that people have very definite differences on."
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Policy and Politics | tagged Bipartisanship, Partisanship, Progressive
Policy and Politics | tagged Bipartisanship, Partisanship, Progressive 