Republicans v. Democrats

I'm really getting tired of the entire Republicans v. Democrats mentality. Not just in the general public, but within our government as well. I mean, I'm not a "Make love, not war and let's all hold hands and sing Kumbaya around the camp fire" kind of girl, but couldn't we please show some loyalty and the meeting of minds on common ground?

I realize we all have different opinions and different points of views and I'm pretty sure that is part of what makes America great. However, sparing back in forth in Congress and having a "My bill is better than your bill" competition isn't making America any better. Plus, bashing one another in the press most definitely does not make for a very stable home front. My goodness, 2nd graders play better than this during recess.

Last week, Bush announced he was lifting the ban on offshore drilling to help ease the cost of oil and gas prices for the American people. The Democrats didn't like this idea saying it wouldn't help us in the short term, nor would it really have any long term positive effects. So then, the Democrats also introduced a bill that would basically force oil companies to drill on federal leases that they already have or give the leases back to the government. The Republicans nixed that one.

Do you see what's happening here? We have two parties offering up the same basic solution: drill on American soil. However, because both the Democrats and the Republicans can all be self-serving, competitive assholes they have to try and beat one another at the expensive of American citizens. It seems to me that if the rest of us have to survive by working on the concept of compromise, maybe our government needs to do the same. HELLO!! YOU ALL HAVE THE SAME BASIC IDEA...MEET IN THE MIDDLE! It can not be your way or the highway every time. You have to learn to work with people, share, mix and match. If children are supposed to grasp this concept by pre-school age, then I should think that elected government officials would have a basic understanding of it by now as well.

Moving on...

The House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi (Democrat), said in an interview on Thursday on CNN that President Bush was a "total failure." So first of all, while I realize that Bush's approval rating is at an all time low of about 28%, Congress's approval rating has also hit a new time low: 18%. (That's according to the AP poll. Gallup has them at an approval rating of 14% and ABC/Washington Post has 23%.) What's even funnier, Nancy, is that Congress consistently has had a lower rating than President Bush. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

Second, Pelosi said this on national television and she isn't the first. Come on, people! You don't have to like the man. You don't have to respect him. But have a little bit of respect for the country you represent and don't diss your leader on national TV. Show some flippin' loyalty to your country. And I'm talking both Democrats and Republicans (and not just in the government, but American citizens as well) when it comes to our President and our national policies. You don't have to like our policies, but disagree respectfully. You can disagree with Bush without throwing him under the bus. Have the common sense to realize that what is said will be heard all over the world. The world is watching as Americans slowly rage war on one another. Pretty soon we won't need terrorism and other countrys to threaten America and her citizens. Americans will be the ones to threaten America and we'll be the ones to destroy each other.

We live in the greatest country. It's about time we all started acting like it.