Posted on 10/14/2019 7:06:49 AM PDT by billorites
Watching the daily attacks and counterattacks in Washington, the optimist in me searches for the bright side. Surely there will be resolutions soon on Ukraine and impeachment, as well as on the misconduct of the FBI and CIA during the 2016 election.
All that will happen any day now, my sunny side assures me. One fine morning we’ll wake up to learn President Trump and his tormentors are calling a cease-fire because they realize the dizzying tit-for-tat escalation is too hot for America’s good.
Then we can all breathe a sigh of relief and get back to politics as normal, with Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives engaged in a tug of war that is serious but not destructive. The impact on the 2020 election will be immediate as the candidates pivot to the traditionally decisive issues of taxes and spending, war and peace.
Alas, the pessimist in me knows better. When it comes to human nature, never assume the best.
That part of me embraces the definition of a cynic as a “premature realist.” It senses something fundamental is changing before our eyes, that the bonds that allowed political and cultural combatants to fight hard but with respect for boundaries have snapped.
We are now floating free of rules and restraint. Anything goes and there is no end in sight.
The blame game is part of any standoff and this one is no exception. Half the country blames Trump for our national discord, and they are partially right, though not for the reasons they believe.
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We are now floating free of rules and restraint. Anything goes and there is no end in sight.
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Just wait until the next economic recession arrives. We ain’t seen nothing yet.
“When it comes to human nature, never assume the best. It senses something fundamental is changing before our eyes, that the bonds that allowed political and cultural combatants to fight hard but with respect for boundaries have snapped. We are now floating free of rules and restraint. Anything goes and there is no end in sight.”
The author of this piece hit the nail on the head.
The power outages in California are a clue of what happens when things go wrong.
The leftist politicians and the mass media attack the scape-goat of the day while continuing to support the policies that actually created the problem, and making new policies to make the situation worse.
Its a destructive cycle. Again, Californians seem to like that.
Nothing is so bad it can’t be made worse by more government meddling.
why is it that every time the left attacks conservatives to the point of nastiness, its the conservatives that must give ground?
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