Donkeys, Elephants And Political Truths
By Thomas D. Segel
April 21, 2008
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On the donkey side of the aisle, the cry is strong to bring our troops home from Iraq. regardless of the consequences. The fat cat elephants still support a war that they failed to provide for with a military force large enough to maintain the peace and no worthy plan to manage the aftermath of the initial invasion.
The nation has serious constitutional matters that need addressing from the gerrymandering of congressional districts to the eternally argued, and ever-politicized abortion issue. On these and other important topics, our Supreme Court refuses to act.
It seems that no issue meaningful to the people is worthy of passage. No project of value to a special interest group is found wanting. Most of all, the officials who took an oath to preserve and defend the Constitution of the United States of America have managed to find almost uncountable ways to prostitute that glorious document...And We the People do nothing about it.
In a commentary, I once suggested that every election ballot should contain a square voters could check which read "None of the above". I would be willing to bet the farm that if such an item were on every ballot, we could empty out Washington and rid ourselves of that gaggle of misfits now in control. Unfortunately, the provision does not exist in any national election and we all continue choosing the least offensive of the candidates seeking office. With that system in place, the old cliché will remain our reality. We will continue to get the government we vote into office, while the donkeys and the elephants continue to blunder their way across our land.
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