(03-15-2012, 03:07 PM)shoju Wrote: Jester, That is part of the problem.
We complain, and rail against, and fight and vilify politicians when they cross party lines, because they have no backbone. Now, you are pointing the finger at Obama for his agenda that he is unwilling to compromise on....
This is the problem. We complain no matter what they do. The media pounces on them when they do it, and now, we are doing it here. It would be just as easy to say that the reason that the government is stalled is because the overly republican / Tea Party Congress won't grant concessions to the democrat president, who in turn stands his ground, and grandstands because he doesn't want to be the only one compromising.
And the media makes it worse. In the days before the swarming media, politics was the art of the possible. Now, you can't even do that, because politicians lose office over stupid things.
I remember when this all started, too. Anyone remember Gary Hart? At least back then the news organizations weren't partisan, as they are now. That just makes it worse, because people don't think they have to check their news for accuracy, so they accept all that bias as fact, whether they're watching MSNBC, CNN, or Fox, or someone else.
--Mav