"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." - George Bernard Shaw.
I ran across the above quotation and began thinking, how are the current elected politicians - all parties - going to agree to actually ACCOMPLISH things that will benefit those of us that they represent?
"Oh, but I didn't vote for Trump. He's not my president."
Well, I'm not particularly pleased with the repeated, multi-tenured re-election winners the likes of Nancy Pelosi and Cluck Schumer either. "They're not my senators." Either is Al Franken; although he is, technically.
But these attempts at playing defense by the minority party, with the only goal being that of blocking and defeating the majority - tell me, what good does it do for the voters? What good does it do for the 60 million odd something that voted for Donald Trump and the other 60 million odd something that voted for Hillary Clinton?
Because what this new Congress and new President accomplish, or what they don't accomplish, affects both groups of the 60 million.
Can the Left work with the Right? Can the Right work with the Left? Will minds be changed that will lead to progress?
Entrenched politicians need to focus on their constituents, not their next re-election. If they can't, they are not doing their job and they should resign. But we know that will never happen.
The "Entrenched" politician is found in both main parties. Dems as Pelosi and Schumer; Repubs as John McCain and Mitch McConnell - and all the other career politicians in the House and Senate...these people are like a living Wax Museum of Politicians Who Never Disappear.
I never favored term limits placed on the Senate or the House. Perhaps there should be a cap on the number of years one can serve in Congress or the Senate. We have a term limit on the presidency. Why shouldn't the same standard apply to Senators and Congressmen/women? How do you think the next two years will play out?
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