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Musicmystery -> RE: Obama: Republican Obstructionism Hurts U.S. - CBS News (6/20/2010 10:20:26 AM)
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The wider point I'd make is that obstructionism is hurting the U.S.
Deliberately holding up appointees, for example, as has happened over the past few administrations, over matters not even related to the appointee, is indefensible. Someone is going to have to step in to change the rules.
But more generally, used to be, decades ago, people sat down with the opposition and worked out compromises. Now the feeling is that if an opposing view didn't win, the problem was we didn't oppose strictly enough.
It has become about power at all costs. Even the justice system has become overtly politicized over the past decade. The only check is the American people (remember the permanent Republican majority?), but even here, the trend is toward not saner government, but toward opposition of government--essentially a desire for mob rule. Just look at the rhetoric in many threads here.
Will it change? Not in November, however the elections go--that will only change the names on the same old patterns.
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