Sometimes I’m torn about what to think about the whole political process. It’s a truism, of course, that politics always sucks. One look at health care reform has all the evidence you need here: insane Republicans, spineless Democrats, pathetic media analysis, clueless gasbag pundits, ugly dishonesty on Fox News and talk radio, disingenuousness of the worst sort from Holy Joe Lieberman, and that’s just a partial list.
On the other hand, we might get some elements of needed reform (disallowing letting people die due to pre-existing conditions comes to mind) that will genuinely make the system better.
So does it make sense to say, ignore the sausage factory and be glad that we live in a world that’s getting better? Or be angry with all the scummy people that work in the sausage factory? Both?
I think I’d be able to let go a little easier if it wasn’t for the last presidential administration. We have two individuals who either definitely committed war crimes (Dick Cheney) or likely did (George Bush) and it’s just hard for me to wave it all away as a game. It’s hard to pretend that it’s not serious, even if all the participants in the system treat it that way.