Posted: 7/19/16 at 9:53pm
When is the last time any political figure admitted a simple stupid mistake? This situation which has become a huge negative could have actually been a positive if Trump would have admitted the mistake, defended his wife, and simply joked about copying words by Michelle Obama instead of someone like Nancy Reagan. But that is not Trump or any of them these days.
When has a Republican or a Democrat these days ever admitted that someone on the other side of the aisle has had a good idea? Everything is so partisan that mistakes are only made by the other side and good ideas are only found on our side. So both sides go to great lengths to defend obvious lies and Washington leaders spend all their time trying to prove that the other side is at fault instead of tackling issues head on by talking and looking for solutions.
We are not involved in a World War. Our economy is not on the brink. But we do have serious problems to address- very complex problems domestically and internationally. Every one could be solved by people willing to work together. Instead we spend all our time pointing fingers and trying to convince a handful of voters, mostly in the middle, that it is more their fault than our fault.
I have been voting for 50 years this election. I have voted for each party about the same number of times as far as I can figure. I tended to vote for the person rather than the party because, like moderate Supreme Court judges in the past, you never knew how a President would react in a certain situation. I never expected Kennedy would take us to the brink of nuclear war. Never. I never expected a Texan to lead the fight for civil rights. I never expected a Republican to warn about the military-industrial complex.
The only reason those Presidents could make those calls and stand firm was because they could expect some support from people in the other party. What we have today gets us nowhere.
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