OrionTheWolf
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But really, and this may be a perception thing on my part, but I don't hear anyone complaining about Rangel from the left. I don't hear any calls for him to step down, I don't hear any condemnation from that side, and this is some really dirty nasty stuff. When Republicans are pulling that kind of shit I like for them to step down or be pushed aside because a. they're assholes and b. they make the rest of us look bad.
I no longer expect a party, or those that identify and support party politics to call out their side when something is done wrong. It is the us versus them game, and it would be like a football team pointing out one of their own offensive line for holding. In games of competition, teams often overlook their own cheating and breaking the rules. This is the fundamental problem of what has been going on for as long as politics has been around.
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But all I'm hearing from the left is, "So what, he's a politician. What do you expect?" Or, "Well, REPUBLICANS do it too..." as if that's a legitimate defense of the guy.
I see some of that as well, and I again expect this because I see the game being played. Many, for whatever reason, will not or cannot step back and see the game for what it is. This is done on both sides, or if we had a three party system, it would be done on all sides. Their is a fundamental change that will need to occur in the "People's" thinking and actions, for this to change in the politicians.
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So I am finding myself in disagreement of sorts, I'm seeing hypocrisy on one side that I don't perceive on the other. It could be just me and the way I see things, but I really don't think so.
The first few months after the election I pointed the hypocricy out a couple of times, and it did nothing. I still point it out on occassion but I pick my battles now, and try to make the post as party neutral as I can. Also, unless there is mudslinging, many people do not get as involved, because it does not tap into the emotional output areas that partisan politics stimulates.
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Democrats campaigned on highlighting every scandal they could find among Republicans and screaming about it day after day. They called it a culture of corruption and claimed they were going to clean things up. Do you recall that? Now here they are - they have their chance, and what do they have to say about some of the worst kind of slimy corruption combined with sheer arrogance and stupidity?
Absolutely nothing.
This is the nature of the beast, and the people will need to slay the beast before anything will change. What I mean by that; politicians and the political parties will not change their behavior until the people force them to. Politicians first and foremost, want to retain power, so if that power is threatened they will react. If an Anti-I (meaning incumbant) campaign were to take hold, and you turned over the House of Representatives, and then said "We are not going to accept business as usual" it likely have more of an impact that anything else. I doubt it will occur because collective the people do not have the focus and willpower for it. It would mean setting aside certain agendas and issues, to impact the greater good of the system.
Hypocricy, corruption and all the other bad things polticians do, happen in both parties. When i read the political threads I replace the words Democrat and Republican with either politician or American, as applicable, and then the statement is more correct.
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