Originally Posted by logtroll
Originally Posted by perotista
I know, the partisan glasses will take over here with a ton of excuses of why its perfectly okay for one side not to allow witnesses without their approval but completely wrong for the other side to do the identical same thing.

I hate party animals.
I think your obsession with partisanship as being the root of all disagreements is a result of seeing the world through a "partisan-colored" monocle.

That's very possible. But I take the issues one at a time, each policy individually. I pay little to no attention to who proposes legislation and I'd like to think my support or opposition is based on the merits of that legislation. Whether or not it would be good or bad for the country. Not being automatically opposed because a Republican proposed it or a Democrat proposed it.

I favor going back to the game of give and take, compromise between parties when feasible. Always taking little steps forward, not trying to stop everything the opposing party suggests or wants to do.

From my perspective and observation, the R and or the D has become much more important than the Big A, America. Especially to the hard core of each party. Neither party will listen to the other. I think we've been building up to today's divide, the polarization and ultra high partisanship in our current political era for around 30 years now. To where Trump is but a symptom to that build up. Not the cause, but a symptom or a result of that buildup. Just me thinking a bit.

It's high past time that we start electing Americans to congress and the presidency who put America first instead of their political party. For way too long we have been electing Republicans and Democrats who happen to be Americans instead of Americans who happen to be Republicans and Democrats.