Cross-posted at The American Way.
Why is it so difficult to have political conversations? I feel stuck in a box here. I am trying to be non-partisan, trying to create dialogue, trying to create a sense of urgency around the state of our political process, but I feel pegged in. I was told just today that "When you get the right and left talking, the Right caves into the Left and calls it 'compromise'." In this, I feel pegged as a "leftie" just for wanting to start dialogue. This is very frustrating.
Look at our political system. Less than two weeks ago, our federal government nearly shutdown. This over a budget bill that should have passed last year (we are six months into this fiscal year). I am not interested in the specifics of who came out looking better on this deal. I am frustrated that our political process is so broken.
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