Several times this week, regarding the fiasco in Washington, namely the shutdown, I read in op-eds, letters-to-the-editor, etc. something that boils down to "Americans deserve better...."
Oh, do we?
Perhaps I'm out in left field, way off base (yep, the Tigers open the playoffs tonight!) on this, but I don't think so. I think we have exactly what we deserve. We keep electing small people with small minds, people who have demonstrated sneakiness if not dishonesty, "the lesser of two evils." And we keep re-electing them! So, why exactly do "Americans deserve better?" Was it John Arbuckle (or Juan Valdez?) who, in another context said, "You get what you pay for?" Well, we get what we vote for.
I'm not taking sides on this--I'm aiming at both the Democrats and the Republicans, nationally, state-wide, and locally.
Several years ago, when the Detroit mess came to the fore (and who didn't really see it long before?), many, especially from the suburbs, said, "They (Detroiters) got what they deserve (Kwame Kilpatrick)." Why did Detroiters' actions, electing the likes of KK, get them what they deserve, but Americans electing the Bozos we have elected not?
I guess it's whose ox is being gored.
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I have got to acknowledge ... you hit the nail on the head with this one. The American people have spent years electing bad representatives (and then reelecting them) and this is just one of the prices we are paying for never seeming to demand better candidates.
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