If
in World War I with death and maiming all around
And
the only sounds to hear were incoming artillery rounds
The
Brits, French and Huns were able to enact on the front lines a Christmas Truce
Can
we not as the 2020 campaigns begins not let the Dogs of Rhetoric to run loose?
Can
we not for at least the Christmas season not crucify our foes by demonizing?
And
instead approach the altar of civility and compromising
Gridlock
and partisanship have become the tarnished rule
Attacks
on the person instead of the ideas have become the only political tool
Demonize
a person and the natural result is that the attacker is tuned out
What
could have been a problem easy to resolve becomes a bloody no holds barred verbal
bout
Gridlock
rules the day
Any
chance to resolve as opposed to blame fades away
We
are left with a broken political mess
The
governed under unrelenting stress
If
politics were viewed as a Rotary Meeting swearing would merit a fine
Maybe
over the top political rhetoric could merit similar treatment to keep discourse
in line
Just
a thought as all of us want functioning government to be sought
To
replace the stinking gridlock rot
©
Michael P. Ridley December 14, 2018
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