Tag: McCain

Well… that didn’t go as planned…

In my previous blog… which was from much longer ago than I remember it being… I had mentioned I had done some traveling and had some very interesting conversations with people from all parts of the political spectrum… I knew I had some business travel coming up and I wasn’t going to be able to regularly posting, so I had penned a few posts that I then scheduled to be posted over a certain period of time… or at least I thought I did… only they never posted…  I’m guessing I messed something up as I am of the age which I am capable of enough on the computer to be dangerous, but not skilled enough to be proficient.

When I realized what happened… I thought about posting what I had written anyway.  But then I re-read the articles, and thought that while still relevant, it was stale – so I deleted them.  And since then, I’ve tried to write about several different topics, but then something else seems to pop up on the political front that seems to make what I had done   irrelevant or behind the curve, so I deleted it.  I guess that is the problems of the politics by Twitter.

So I will be working to post a few things in the upcoming days… but I make no promises since last time it didn’t go as I had planned.

Welcome

Welcome.  This is my first post… on my first blog.  I don’t know if anyone will ever read this blog, or any of my posts, but I felt it necessary to put it out there.

Why?  Because I feel that what we hear on TV is not what really represents America anymore.  Unfortunately, in today’s age we hear policy being made by sound bites, not by reasoned analysis.  We have too many politicians on TV who are from both sides of the aisle with the mentality of “if you are not with us, you are against us.”

I watched John McCain’s speech on the floor yesterday upon his return to the Senate and agreed with his passion for America.  Yet, even with that passion for a return to normalcy… he voted to allow the debate on the repeal of the ACA to continue… Why?

I think in the six months of our current presidency, I have witnessed the Vice President be the tie-breaking vote in more votes than I can ever remember… Why?… Because our political parties aren’t doing what they are charged to do… To represent America.  The leaders of each party, which unfortunately, the ones we hear on TV and radio, and social media, are more focused on getting on the news than doing what is best for America.  Don’t get me wrong – the VAST majority of people who serve in the House and the Senate are there for the right reasons… they want to help their constituents… they want to make things better… but they also know if they buck the system – the bills they WANT to get passed, won’t get passed.  So they cut their deals.  There is nothing wrong with that per se, but when you do NOTHING but vote party lines, you aren’t listening to your people.

I travel a good bit with my job… I get to interact with a lot of great people all across America.  From all spectrums of our country – white collar/blue collar, executives/factory workers, high school drop-outs to PhDs, immigrants to “Daughters of the Revolution.”  I try not to talk too much, but to listen… and the one thing I hear is that we can’t be categorized as red or blue… America is purple.  I have not met a single person yet that was totally Republican or totally Democratic – when prodded, they will show signs sympathy with the “other party.”

For now, this page will remain anonymous… as I want it to be voice of all of us.  Or at least what I think I hear as the view of all of us.  I will cover different topics… and things that are in the news… and even how I see other countries look at what we do.

If I do this right, some of you will sit there and scream – “This person is a liberal.”  Other times, you will scream – “They are conservative.”  And you are both right… I am liberal… I am conservative… I AM AMERICA…

Thank you for checking out the page and hope you find it intriguing… and welcome to a view for the purple seats… I hope you come back again.