Get Over It

"For once in their "d*** lives, they should put away their partisanship and make some decisions for the good of the country."

This is taken from an email I received from a friend this morning. I thought about his frustration, and remarks made by the President accusing the Republicans of perceived obstructionism levied against the Stimulus package passed earlier this month with the help of 3 crossover Republican votes in the Senate.

My friend is a Republican with a capital "R". I suspect what he meant was, why can't the Democrats yield to the Republicans for the good of the country?

Would that be the good of the country as interpreted by Republicans? Or by Democrats? Because therein lies the very heart of the partisanship. We don’t have the same interpretation of what is for the good of the country. A solution from liberals is quite different from that of conservatives. That’s why we have more than one party. And yet we all whine about partisan bickering. Our representatives standing up for the principals they were elected to represent! Get a grip – that’s our system. Most of the time it works well. (I guess to each of us, that would be when your party is in power!).

~ I'm just sayin'.