(R)omney Does No Wrong, and She Loves the (D)






Unless you have some considerable time on your hands, reading the stupid things said by politicians since the beginning of the internet is a daunting task to say the least.  In the near non-stop news cycle our politicians run astray of their talking points, history, and reality in general sometimes.  A great portion of the time, if they’re in the party we most closely identify with, we don’t care.

I think too often we look to the party affiliation before we decide how to feel about what we’re watching or reading.  Without our realizing it, we as humans can forgive nearly any behavior, as long as it comes from our team.  Some of the greatest atrocities and horrors the world has ever known occurred under the noses of people who should have known better or they found a way to justify what they were seeing.  Its called cognitive dissonance.  If you haven’t found yourself touched a bit by it, you’re not human.

I think we all know some people who claim to be tolerant until they find out there are other viewpoints out there!  How quick we are to excuse ideas or behavior we would ordinarily be opposed to yet when confronted with the same treatment from the other party the vitriol begins to boil.

The question is what do we think of when a Senator like Harry Reid (D) says something so incredibly racist or Congressman Joe Barton (R) brushes aside the debate on climate change and hydrocarbons with a reference to the biblical great flood?  Or when Sheila Jackson Lee (D) says some of the most blatantly stupid things on record or Marlin Stutzman (R) lays bare the strategy behind the Republican’s government shut down was to get something but what it was–they weren’t sure.  We know, we were watching.

Can you imagine the reaction if Mitt Romney had said the same thing Harry Reid did?

We live in this zero sum game of politics, where there must be a winner and a loser in every instance. We must defend every attack on our beloved party and attack the other at any weakness!


Wouldn’t it be better to look at ideas and actions only through the lens of their merits and risks.  We have to get to the point where we ignore something as meaningless as the party to which they belong.  How many bad ideas gain traction simply because they have the support of the majority, who its worth noting always support one another.

What can we do to address this intentional habit of blind allegiance we as human beings suffer from?

I recommend we abolish the party indications next to politician’s names.

There are some serious First Amendment issues with abolishing the political affiliations published next to our politicians names in the media.  It won’t ever happen, or at least I hope not, but go with me here for a moment.  Extreme examples make great illustrations.

Just think, how great would it be for people reading the newspaper or watching the news to take politicians words at face value?  To let their ideas, words, and visions stand on their own merits rather than dying in the mind of the low information viewer or reader.  Or imagine if you read that someone said something you REALLY disagreed with…then did some research and found out what they were all about…crazy, I know.

We’ve all been there before, as a recovering Republican I’m not proud of some pretty severe cognitive dissonance I’ve engaged in over the years.  You recovering Democrats who supported the Affordable Care Act roll-out until it just didn’t make sense anymore know where I’m coming from.

I challenge you to ignore the party affiliation and start to take our politicians at face value.  I promise you; you’ll never look at politics the same again.  Good day!



4 thoughts on “(R)omney Does No Wrong, and She Loves the (D)

  1. Great read. I myself have been have engaged in some serious cognitive dissonance before. I’m working on that, but sometimes my emotions and competitive spirit win out. You put your emotions into politics and emotions are hard to fight, coupled with the fact that being wrong just plain sucks. The media has also made it difficult to get to the actual truth. So many media outlets are partisan and slant news in their favor. So the average citizen has to sort through all types of bullshit to get to the truth, and many Americans don’t have the time or desire to do so. They want their news fast and easy, so give them a quick Facebook meme and they have just formed their opinion. Also, people just don’t care, politics is boring, and Kim Kardashian just farted. Hopefully, one day, we can look at an individual and judge them on their personal actions rather than party affiliation. This libtard is signing out.

    • I just saw this, didn’t know I had to approve comments but this one was great! Everything you said is completely true. Its my feeling that if we can get most of what we want and are willing to concede that a) the other person really believes in what they’re saying and/or b) I can get 80% of want I want and still call it a win, then our discourse can get better by leaps and bounds.

      I think when people get sick enough of the fighting in Washington to really demand we end dynastic political careers that’s the first step. Its frustrating for people who really like current events because people do care more about Kim and Co. than the stuff in the world that really seems to matter. Truth is it just hasn’t gotten bad enough for them yet…

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