Politician Formula

Another interesting thought I have had yesterday and today is that politicians certainly have an interesting formula for dealing with this. If you are a politician, you know the American people are tired of the constant, reactionary bickering that prevails between Democrats and Republicans. You know we are tired of the blame game and the constant partisan fighting. You also know that this is a real financial crisis we are facing and if there was a time to set aside partisan fighting and petty selfishness, this would be that time. But you simply cannot resist. So being a politician, this is what you do. "The Republicans caused all these financial problems, and especially Pres. Bush, but we are going to pass this bill together and prevent a crisis and then make sure another one does not happen." "I cannot believe Sen. Pelosi made that speech that cost all those votes, but we need to work together and solve this problem." "Sen. Obama did not do anything to help bring more Democratic votes to the bill, but we need to move beyond politics and pass a bill that will help America." "Sen. McCain could not get a single representative from Arizona to approve the bill, but we need to come together as a Congress and pass this bill."

You see the formula? Blame (insert Democrat/Republican), but we need to stop fighting and work together. I am tired of the blaming and the fighting and I say a pox on both your houses.

I should say that most, but not all, of the politicians I have heard react in this way. There are a very limited few, Democrats and Republicans, that are more mature and serious, but it is a very limited few.

It is times like this that I am reminded of the words of John Adams.

... [W]e have no government armed with power capable of contending with
human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition,
revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a
whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and
religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any
other.