Statesmanship …

Does anyone remember when John McCain, a Republican, voted thumbs down to his parties big try at repealing the ACA (Affordable Care Act)? He was acting as a true statesman … putting the good of the nation and their health needs ahead of the wishes of Trump, a corrupt president who was trying every trick in the book to undo anything that came from Obama's 8 years in office. (I think that having the ACA nicknamed “Obama Care” was the real reason Trump fought it so hard.)

Now Senator McCain has passed on and the Republican toadies are right back under the leadership of McConnell, the Minority Whip, and following his every wish. He has made it very clear that he is only interested in the 2022 mid-term elections and has sworn, in the meantime, to turn down any cooperation with the Biden agenda. In other words nothing will be done on a bipartisan basis (no matter who is affected by this) and his weak-spined Republican sycophants are going right along with him.

I am old enough to remember the days when we had Democrats, Republicans and Independents who all worked together … no matter how difficult that was they would follow the plan and, after much debating, a compromise would be reached. 4 years of Trump and that is a thing of the past. He has appealed to the white supremacy and racism that lies just under the surface here in our beloved country and it is so sad to see that. With few exceptions the current Republicans (House and Senate) are examples of just how low our country has sunk.