Increased Partisanship Is A Dog Bites Man Story
Written by Brian Garst, Posted in Liberty & Limited Government
The New York Times notes, “Senate Debate on Health Care Exacerbates Partisanship:”
Nasty charges of bribery. Senators cut off mid-speech. Accusations of politics put over patriotism. Talk of double-crosses. A nonagenarian forced to the floor after midnight for multiple procedural votes.
In the heart of the holiday season, Senate Republicans and Democrats are at one another’s throats as the health care overhaul reaches its climactic votes, one of which is set for 1 a.m. Monday. A year that began with hopes of new post-partisanship has indeed produced change: Things have gotten worse.
Of course things have gotten worse. Predictably so.
The more government grows, the more we all have to fight over. Government’s one-size-fits-all solutions demand that we fight viciously to defend what is ours from those who would take it. Electing someone who promises more government “solutions” was guaranteed to lead to more partisanship and strife, no matter the content of his soaring rhetoric.
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