Senate Dems still not getting it

[walkingman]

29. A good post...

Remember, those Senators pledged to represent the red voters in their states also, that's where their loyalty has to be - not to the Democratic Party.

That was really a thought-provoking comment - well done. It is something that frustrates me daily here in Texas. That is the way that it should be in a representative government but we both know it is not reality. If it was then our form of government could serve all Americans and it does not.

This mess we see these days makes me more aware every day that America is not what I thought it was most of my life.

For most of the 20th Century we had a weaponized FBI that did basically what we see happening these days by the Trump regime.

From the get go - we were never the so-called "shining light on the hill" that we were led to believe since our founding. Our very constitution made sure that was the case. The hypocrisy of "We the People" as written by Thomas Jefferson was more of a aspiration that a reality.

I 'm personally not that impressed by this idea of a "Republic" instead of a "Social Democracy". It appears that people might as well be living in separate countries governed by different rules based on State lines, etc.

We have made great progress over the last 250 years but a lot of it is being rolled back these days so the fight continues and success is not guaranteed but fight we must if we are to overcome this lawlessness.

As a white person who grew up taking my privilege for granted, I now better understand what minorities have experienced for centuries.