What Do You Mean, “Could”?
How sad is this Don Walton headline: House race could focus on policy. Wait, could? How sad is it that it’s news when a political race could actually focus on issues?
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The Comments
Fletch says I agree. I'd like to September 14, 2009 at 9:25am
I agree. I’d like to see all the races based on policy. I’m also on board with throwing out all 3 of our current representatives and starting over with some new blood. The whole system seems broken to me, but people keep sending their own congressmen/women back to DC, and nothing will change. That establishment needs a very large enema.
On a related note, how sad is it that a) Don Walton has not retired, or b) they have not just let him go?
Dave K says RE: I agree. I'd like to September 14, 2009 at 12:33pm
I agree. Don Walton is a worthless stooge.
Maybe Don is drawing a comparison between policy debate and a campaign based on empty Utopian rhetoric like ‘hope and change’.
Fletch, the beauty of the House of Representatives is that it does receive an enema every two years. It just so happens that many of the same people run and are elected every time. I see that as the people electing the best people to represent them (in most cases), and you clearly see it as something else.
Fletch says RE: I agree. I'd like to September 14, 2009 at 1:35pm
I see it the same way. We could just use a fresh new batch of the best people. Like 535 of them or so.
The problem as I tried to describe how I see it, is that most of us could likely agree (based on opinion polls), that the current House of Representatives isn’t doing what we the people want them to do.
So, everyone can cry, “let’s throw the bums out!” However, all politics is local. So we want to throw the bums out, but in about 80% of the cases, people like their guy (or lady). Certainly, my guy’s not the problem. It’s the other 534 or so. So most of the time, we get more of the same.
I’m simply saying that in my opinion, that’s not good enough any more. We need to send new blood, from this state. And the other 49 states need to do likewise. Someone who actually cares more about the red, white and blue than the green, and more about the USA than the R or D after his/her name.
Matthew Platte says The importance of the comma September 15, 2009 at 12:22pm
“We need to send new blood, from this state.”
Sans comma, this would be an empty slogan. As written, it recognizes that Nebraska’s First District is now represented by the finest Louisiana politician the Movement could provide.
Even with his faults, at least Shane Osborn is a home-grown Nebraskan.
Dave K says RE: The importance of the comma September 15, 2009 at 12:30pm
LOL
Fletch says RE: The importance of the comma September 15, 2009 at 2:10pm
I always try to use my comma’s judiciously.