tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885564595213940060.post3791905353705918018..comments2023-08-13T00:29:35.474-07:00Comments on GRIN AND BARRETT: Politcally incorrectBradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05886426251827614723noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885564595213940060.post-89311390350794520132011-10-14T15:55:02.837-07:002011-10-14T15:55:02.837-07:00I don't know a whole lot about politics but I ...I don't know a whole lot about politics but I think this country has gotten into a conundrum. We wish to see good men be put in office that work well and have parties that help each other and these good men know how to run a country with courage and virtue and have a term unspotted from scandals and deceit. Politics, seems to me to be only about the parties and which one is "better" than the other and how long one person can stay in power. Because now it seems democrats and republicans are more interested with fighting each other than trying to get work done. It seems that people vote for their party even though the other runner might be better. Your post made me think of a few questions, first, would we be better without political parties? and the second was why must our country be at such a stalemate? I think the answer to my first question is you get parties whether you want them or not because democracies always will have parties, it's a way for the runner to raise money and have a good support group, a candidate backed by a party is stronger. Less animosity between the parties would be nice but as long as people are free to talk about politics there will always be groups formed. It's sad because it seems once they get into office they don't keep the promises they say they will do or do things that would consider them more of like other party so overall they are just about pleasing their party enough to get into office, and they won't ever go away because they're stronger than the individuals hence why small party leaders never win. And the answer to my second question has to be power. Politicians are supposed to be put in to help make America better but...is that the real motivation behind all the politicians? I think if it was, the parties would work better together. It's sad really, they want to be in office and get the other group out so they can make laws/plans that hurt their opposing party but are "necessary" for our country to progress. Your ideas are great, I wish that is how everyone looked at politics that way. Brady for President! ya? ha anyways, here's a quote: "However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion."---GEORGE WASHINGTONHayden Blackburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15891630063231923332noreply@blogger.com