WILL OF THE PEOPLE…? MAYBE NOT
By Schuyler ThorpeAuthor and Political Activist
Be it easy enough in our sometimes tumultuous democracy that the people can freely vote and elect their choice in representatives: Sometimes based on party line, others based on issues which matter most to them.
This time around, the people’s choice has heavily favored the Democrats and so–as such–George Bush is finally getting the message from the very people he had shunned openly for these last six years.
However!
However…
It may not bear as much fruit as one might think.
Welcome to the dark side of politics.
“…we the people of the United States of America; to form a more perfect union…” Obviously…?
Not this time.
Though the Democrats have captured control of both houses of Congress, Republican obstruction now remains a very real possibility.
Such ironies is that the once powerful GOP had once branded the Democrats as ‘obstructionists’, now so the Republican minority in Congress could very well end up being the spoilers of this new Congress for the next 2 years–thus dimming any good intentions set forth by the Democrats.
And their supporters are declaring this to be their intentions as well; announcing that if the Democrats don’t deliver as promised, they will also be kicked out in 2008.
But Bush is also widely speculated to wield his veto power greatly over any bills which the Democrat-led Congress proposes.
And it could very well be known as a ‘lame-duck’ Congress from a ‘do-nothing’ Congress until 2008.
Speculations aside, the only difference worth noting is that this time, one party is reaching out across the divide to talk and work together–despite clear-cut animosities driven in these last 12 years as the minority party.
But will the Republicans and Bush follow suit? Or will it just go back to the way it was for the next two years?
Only time will tell.
Schuyler Thorpe is an author, a political activist, and a frequent letter writer to The Everett Herald of Snohomish County. He can be reached at: starchildalpha1@yahoo.com
posted by Schuyler Thorpe @ 2:10 PM
1 Comments:
Voting is just the beginning of our civic responsiblities. We all need to stay involved and hold the civil servants responsible for their actions. Those in government from the President all the way down to the cop walking the beat are civil servants. They work for us, we don't work for them. The problem is that they have forgotten who is ultimately in charge. Police and politicians alike suddenly see themselves above the law--they think they can do whatever to whoever and not be held accountable. It's time to remind them who is in charge--the public.
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