Why does that have to be? I don't know about you, but I don't vote a straight party line all the time. I vote for the -PERSON- the person who I believe best represents my views and values. That person may not be in my party, but I will vote for him or her because I trust them to make honest and honorable decisions. But in today's political climate that doesn't seem good enough.
The political debate has become so heated that moderate thinking and values are almost despised. It is either black or white - grey is not accepted. I think the extremes on both sides are making a mistake. They refuse to listen to those in the middle. When you stop listening you stop learning - you stop thinking.
The fact is there are always at least two sides to an argument, and it doesn't mean that one side is wrong and the other is right. It just means they disagree. But when the extremists criticize those in the middle for not agreeing with them, the extremists are the ones making the mistake - the mistake of not listening to the voices of reason and moderation.
The voices of reason and moderation. Are they going away?
Bill Ratliff
Right-on, Bill. I am conservative.. but independent. I don't like to be put into a position where someone thinks I need to vote straight party. If I don't like a conservative candidate's point of view or I think they are untrustworthy, I will NOT vote for that person. I guess I am a shade of gray with a reddish tinge.
ReplyDelete* By the way, have you ever heard the song "We just disagree" that goes back some years? It is about relationships. I love that tune. It speaks to my heart on many levels.
And to stray a bit.. onto the subject of candidates being trustworthy. Can you even believe the heavy mud being slung around this year concerning character and dishonesty? I am so bogged down trying to figure out who is telling the truth on those political commercials I could scream. Have you ever sat down at your computer and tried to look up solid information to find the "TRUTH"?
On the internet, many times "TRUTH" is in the biased eye of the submitter and camouflaged and distorted for the eye of the beholder.