“It's just that I remember what is was like when it felt like we were all on the same side, and the arguments were about how far and how fast to move forward -- not whether or where to go.” That’s it exactly! Just had this conversation with my son. There’s currently no competition between the 2 parties, that would end in our country movi…
“It's just that I remember what is was like when it felt like we were all on the same side, and the arguments were about how far and how fast to move forward -- not whether or where to go.” That’s it exactly! Just had this conversation with my son. There’s currently no competition between the 2 parties, that would end in our country moving forward the quickest, and to the place where we all gain the most benefit.
I have other stories to tell as well, about how the Members of Congress would fight all day in their respective chambers, and then gather at the local "water holes" to commiserate, regardless of party affiliation. The friendships went across the aisle. Their families got together, they were truly friends, regardless of political party. I went to Washington DC in the summer of '66, with 4-H, for a Citizenship Short Course. I shook hands with Senator William Proxmire from Wisconsin. By most accounts, that feeling of comradery dissipated by around 1975 -- and eventually morphed into what we see today, with Members heckling the President during the State of the Union address. Some of us believe that the "conservative movement" is responsible for most of the loss of the sense of all of us being on the same side.
“It's just that I remember what is was like when it felt like we were all on the same side, and the arguments were about how far and how fast to move forward -- not whether or where to go.” That’s it exactly! Just had this conversation with my son. There’s currently no competition between the 2 parties, that would end in our country moving forward the quickest, and to the place where we all gain the most benefit.
Thank You, Kathy for amplifying that point.
I have other stories to tell as well, about how the Members of Congress would fight all day in their respective chambers, and then gather at the local "water holes" to commiserate, regardless of party affiliation. The friendships went across the aisle. Their families got together, they were truly friends, regardless of political party. I went to Washington DC in the summer of '66, with 4-H, for a Citizenship Short Course. I shook hands with Senator William Proxmire from Wisconsin. By most accounts, that feeling of comradery dissipated by around 1975 -- and eventually morphed into what we see today, with Members heckling the President during the State of the Union address. Some of us believe that the "conservative movement" is responsible for most of the loss of the sense of all of us being on the same side.