October 28, 2018
Maybe It’s Time To Stop Trying To Get Along
by Derek Hunter
Townhall.com
There was a time when Americans from both political parties managed to get along. I know that seems crazy, like some sort of fever dream, but it’s true. More than that, on some occasions, politicians came together as one and stood up for our country. Now we don’t even speak the same language anymore.
The night of September 11, 2001, on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, the Members of Congress who were in DC gathered together with one purpose, to show the world we would not cower in the face of those horrible attacks. Spontaneously, those Democrats and Republicans sang “God Bless America,” with the lack of self-consciousness we have when we sing in the shower, and pride in this country.
That was the last time we united, the last time we could talk.
Soon after that moment, the politics started again and the divide we’d always had turned into a chasm. And it’s only grown.
I could assign blame, there’s plenty to go around, but pointing out how the left saw mileage to be gained by embracing and cultivating hatred of George W. Bush isn’t particularly productive. How we got here matters less than how we get out of here. Only, I don’t know if we can get out of here.
When the dud-bombs started showing up this week, President Trump unequivocally condemned the act and called for unity against all political violence. It was the right thing to do and he did it without any qualifications. Democrats rejected the sentiment, choosing to try to score political points ahead of the midterms. The media rejected it too, blaming the President for the actions of a madman.
It was the exact opposite of everything these very same people did last year when a liberal activist tried to murder as many Republicans as he could on a baseball field in Virginia. Nancy Pelosi bristled at the suggestion of Democrats saying the GOP health care proposal would kill tens of thousands of people every year might lead someone to think they had a moral obligation to act to prevent it. “How dare they?” she squawked at the suggestion.
But Republicans didn’t dare, for the most part. They quickly moved on, though not as fast as the media did, which forgot the story after three days – before Congressman Steve Scalise was off life support. Now it’s like it never happened.
http://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2018/10/28/maybe-its-time-to-stop-trying-to-get-along-n2532660
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