2-17-2004 Same old partisan politics treat elections like a sporting event
If Bush wins in November and things go really bad, the good jobs don't come back, the debt doesn't go down, and the war drags on, the Republican party may be damaged irreparably.
Anyone who has read my columns knows I'm not happy with President Bush. He has turned the nation's surplus into a deficit, one that is likely to be with us for generations to come. He has soured former friendships by unilaterally attacking another sovereign nation. And he seriously has damaged the nation's credibility when his justification for war proved wanting.
But this doesn't automatically make me into a Democrat. Until recently I have stayed away from any party affiliation. Then I discovered GRID. Strictly speaking, GRID isn't a party at all; it stands for Greens, Republicans, Independents and Democrats, and it is a coalition with a single focus: To replace George Bush.
Bush, like Clinton before him, has angered his opposition to such a degree they no longer think straight. The purpose behind any coalition is to make a common cause. In this case the common cause is the welfare of the nation, it is not to destroy one individual or one party.
If members of GRID forget that, if they let their passions run away them, they will serve no positive end. The nation is divided enough as it is. Another disputed election will do no one good. Whoever wins the contest must be able to govern.
GRID will be good for Georgia and the country if it remembers the following:
To keep its promise to focus solely on the issues. No personal attacks.
To remember it is not a political party; it is a coalition.
To remember its problem lies with George W. Bush and the present administration, not with Republican politics as such.
If Bush wins in November and things go really bad, the good jobs don't come back, the debt doesn't go down, and the war drags on, the Republican party may be damaged irreparably.
Anyone who has read my columns knows I'm not happy with President Bush. He has turned the nation's surplus into a deficit, one that is likely to be with us for generations to come. He has soured former friendships by unilaterally attacking another sovereign nation. And he seriously has damaged the nation's credibility when his justification for war proved wanting.
But this doesn't automatically make me into a Democrat. Until recently I have stayed away from any party affiliation. Then I discovered GRID. Strictly speaking, GRID isn't a party at all; it stands for Greens, Republicans, Independents and Democrats, and it is a coalition with a single focus: To replace George Bush.
Bush, like Clinton before him, has angered his opposition to such a degree they no longer think straight. The purpose behind any coalition is to make a common cause. In this case the common cause is the welfare of the nation, it is not to destroy one individual or one party.
If members of GRID forget that, if they let their passions run away them, they will serve no positive end. The nation is divided enough as it is. Another disputed election will do no one good. Whoever wins the contest must be able to govern.
GRID will be good for Georgia and the country if it remembers the following:
To keep its promise to focus solely on the issues. No personal attacks.
To remember it is not a political party; it is a coalition.
To remember its problem lies with George W. Bush and the present administration, not with Republican politics as such.
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