I was reading an article by Rachel Maddow, arch Democrat supporter, about Republican Ted Cruz. He was asked why he wasn't promoting the impeachment of the President and he said something to the effect of "there isn't the votes in the Senate to support it." Maddow was giddy when she wrote that Cruz, who might run for President in 2016, didn't even know that the Senate was not involved in impeachment proceedings. Other than that, Maddow wrote sarcastically, Cruz knows everything he needs to know to run.
(But it's Maddow that is wrong. Impeachment is generally thought of as`a two-step process. The House votes on impeachment, and if that passes, the trial of the charges that led to the impeachment is held in the Senate. If found guilty by 2/3rds of the Senate, the President is thrown out of office. What d'ya know about that, Rachel!)
That is indicative of the state of politics in our country. In the two houses of Congress combined, the number of Democrats and Republicans is about equal. And each party is delighted to point out that the members on the other side of the aisle don't know what they are talking about. ..that a program that half of those in Congress approved is failing, crashing...and the more so, the better.
"It'll take us 20 years or more to recover from their foolishness and stupidity. hahaha."
"Yes, 4 died in our mistakes in Bengazi. Know how many hundreds died needlessly in Iraq when your guy was in office? hahaha"
In other words, the people who are in high political office...both sides...are delighted, pleased as punch, when the great ship America is foundering as a result of actions taken by "the other side" . Why? They live here, too, don't they? And if America is hurting, so are they, and so are their families and loved ones and friends. Why are they so happy?
Greed, plain old fashioned greed of power and profit. That is what is driving almost all politicos these days. Politicians see themselves as more likely to gain both if the other side fails, and fails miserably. Rather than hope that what the other party pushed through will succeed and benefit us all, they hope and pray it will be a disaster. A disastrous disaster. The political party to which they belong takes priority in their minds to their service to the public. The Congress is a marketplace, plain and simple. Votes are peddled...by all, but not for the benefit of all. Some of the Founders voiced concern for where party affiliations can lead politicians. Franklin, for one, was outspokenly concerned about where that greed, that lust, that party loyalty, would lead them.
Now we all know the answer.
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