Politics isnt War…
Or at least, it shouldn’t be…
Unfortunately, it’s impossible to reverse that statement and have it be true…
Surprisingly enough, I am paying VERY close attention to politics now that the election is over. Perhaps its curiosity, or possibly the result of several politically oriented conversations with a friend of mine. Regardless of the reason, I am interested to see if the rhetoric that is being tossed around about change and new directions will actually stick this time.
As a general rule I tend to not believe very much of what comes out of a politician’s mouth. Yet I am somehow inclined to give Obama and the Democrats a very tenuous benefit of the doubt. The first benchmark I have for whether or not I choose to believe them is what will wind up happening to Joe Lieberman. So far, everything I have heard has words like revenge and punishment in their statements. I have to say this is not an encouraging sign.
Apparently it doesn’t seem to matter that he chose to support the person he felt was the best candidate for the presidency, as is his right. It also doesn’t matter that he voted in line with his party on most of the issues. The fact that he made the taboo of supporting the enemy is what has many Democrats up in arms.
Politics should be about leaders making decisions based on how they (and by extension their constituents) feel about the issue in question. It should not be about manning the front lines of a battlefield, standing firm against the onslaught of an opposing army. For each individual politician, it should be about what they believe, not what their party believes.
It’s the same us vs. them mentality that destroys progress when it comes to politics. As a result, he will likely be punished in some form or fashion. Chances are he will lose his chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, which is being described as the least that could happen.
This doesn’t feel like change, this feels like the same old brand of politics that we have come to know and despise from Washington.
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