Stick A Wedge In It!
What do you do when you’re a politician who can’t admit to your constituents that you aren’t able to follow your convictions about the day-to-day business of governance, because you don’t actually pull your own strings?
What do you do if you’re a Democrat or a Republican office-holder or wannabe, and you’re struggling to convince the suckers, err, I mean, voters, there really is a difference between the two parties when it comes to running the country on their behalf?
That’s easy (perhaps even a “no-brainer�)… Find an emotional issue (very often a non-issue until they adopt them) upon which the population struggles to find consensus and,
STICK A WEDGE IN IT!
They aren’t called wedge issues for nothing. Everybody knows what I’m talking about, right?
Pick any “hot button� topic, politcomediaspeak™ for wedge issue, and what you get is the far sides of the pendulum, and the devaluation of reason all around.
Result: In the ensuing battle of words, some folks actually believe these issues are what governing America is all about, that their favorite politicians “feel their pain,� and that all is well as long as their side wins.
True result: No one wins. Everybody loses. Nothing is ever settled forever. These issues are personal, not political, and the country continues to be run by the (often) unseen, unconcerned, and entirely pragmatic forces, which actually determine what Democrats and Republicans make the law of the land.
Join The NEXT American Revolution! DO NOT VOTE Republican or Democratic. And when you hear politicians from either side go on and on about what makes them different, or better, or wiser than the other, remember the R’s and D’s haven’t really been much different for years.
And just for fun, tell ‘em to STICK A WEDGE IN IT!
Up the Revolution!
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