“When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.” ― William Shakespeare, King Lear
“A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.” ― Moliere
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.” ― Bertrand Russell
I remember learning the word Bipartisanship. (Sometimes referred to as nonpartisanship, is a political situation, usually in the context of a two-party system (especially those of the United States and some other western countries), in which opposing political parties find common ground through compromise. I believe it was back in the late 50’ when JFK had been debating Nixon, on TV of all places. My father a Policeman and a believer in the Labor Movement, and a life long Democrat, explained, as the youthful JFK stood beside an already crypt-keeper doppelganger, Nixon, that if NIXON should win, forget any chance of cooperation, this man is a liar, and just a Partisan. My father added, “You can tell because when Nixon talks he never moves his lips. It’s like a badly dubbed foreign movie, it makes you think they are saying the right words, but in fact, it’s not even their voice or the same language you speak!” My father, who at the time was walking a BEAT PATROL, added, when I walk the neighborhoods, it is easy to discover the people who wish to find something in common with you, look you in the eye, move their lips, and talk to you, not at you. I then asked, well if you are not a Partisan, like Nixon, what is the word for that?” “BIPARTISAN, my father added, “Or maybe just a fool, it depends on how much YOU ARE WILLING TO LET THE OTHER GUY GET AWAY WITH?”
Once again, pretending that history is a negotiable figment of imagination, and that has lived throughout its miserable reign, from once upon a time to right this minute; is being used as a form of “GASLIGHTING,” by the GOP. The GOP has been successful abiding by the motto, “A SUCKER IS BORN EVERY MINUTE, and most SUCKERS in politics are Democrats; and these suckers will play by the rules, even as, right before their own eyes the rules are ripped apart, written with invisible ink, and nothing but empty words. There is great BOO-HOO-HOOING from the GOP that President Biden, wants to go at running this country without any input from Moscow Mitch or Kevin Mar-A-Lago McCarthy, and the bad boys and girls are pissed. FINALLY, (with the Dems ya’ never know how long smart will last,) HOWEVER, some Dems are saying, “NO BIPARTISANSHIP, if once upon a time and until now, you were a part of the “Big Lie”, causing and almost too close for comfort INSURRECTION. DAMN, it's good to hear smart people talking!
