Tired of name-calling

I’m getting really tired of the media circus effort to paint the Republicans as the ultra far right when the vast majority are somewhere in the middle. I’m also tired of the far right trying to paint the Democrats as the far left, when most are near the middle as well.

It would be refreshing if we could have an intelligent discussion of the facts, and possible solutions to our problems, without all the name-calling, fear-mongering and political spin. From 2000 to 2008, our elected politicians, bankers, mortgage brokers and stock brokerage houses ran our economy into the ditch. That ongoing disaster won’t get fixed in one or two years, no matter what the politicians tell us.

Going from one extreme to the other also won’t fix the problems we face. When the political parties actually start working together in Washington instead of working against each other, some of our problems might get fixed. It would help to hear a real plan to fix this mess instead of politicians, as well as radio and TV talk show hosts that spin everything and achieve nothing but rabid discourse.

“We have seen the enemy, and he is us.” (Pogo)

Richard W. Munk

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