…not me!!! Gridlock means things don’t get done in Washington…when things get done in Washington, only bad things get done in Washington!!!
Personally, I love this confusion over the election…I hope it goes on forever! All the time that these legislators are forced to use on the election is time that they can’t use to pass more laws to steal our freedoms. I hope the Supreme Court takes a hell of a long time on this…it’s just a shame that they can’t vote for another election!
Regardless, the fact that there is no clear mandate and this is such a muddied situation means that the president who wins (and quite frankly, they’re equally as bad) won’t be able to get a thing done, and that’s the best thing that could happen to this country!
Regardless of my dislike for the things the government does, I also see it as performing many functions that actually benefit us. What I see as a much better alternative is to have issues of personal liberties and reduced government seriously considered. The longer the government does nothing, the longer the status quo is maintained. Government action is required to remove the cnstraints imposed by government.
Trust me, I would very much like to see the same. I’m not an anarcho-capitalist; I believe that the government has constitutionally-provided duties that mostly entail protecting our freedom from enemies both foreign and domestic, courts to enforce contracts, and the printing of currency based on a VALID standard.
But…seeing as unfortunately politicians have no concept of the idea of liberty, while men like us fight for the concept of liberty, it’s best that the damage process takes a halt, is it not? While I certainly don’t want to see the status quo maintained, I unfortunately feel that the only way politicians will take us is away from freedom…so until they get it into their heads what their REAL job is, let them nullify each other out!
I agree with you. Politicians like to be seen to act, this is often done more for personal gains than intelligent policy. Change should often occur slowly. However, there are some important issues the next American president must handle, and gridlock may make this impossible. America desperately needs election reform, some level of universal health coverage and prison reform. Gridlock is unlikely to motivate progress on these issues.