Earlier this week I was surprised to find a lengthy rant posted by one of my Republican friends on his Facebook page. My friend’s diatribe included allegations of treason against serving government officials. These types of allegations are often tossed around by so-called Tea Party “patriots” but my friend is nothing of the sort. He’s a well-spoken, thoughful, moderate Republican and the target of his wrath is Republican Speaker John Boehner. Boehner drew my friend’s ire for his reckless commandeering of the federal government.
A slew of comments grew out my friend’s post, from both sides of the aisle. I’d been pondering lately how we got into this political mess, too, so I weighed in with this:
In my opinion the center will continue to be ignored as long as gerrymandering guarantees the safety of extremist politicians. To fix the system we must demand fair redistricting. Currently few politicians have to worry about the wrath of voters. That has to change.