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A Civics lesson for the Hard of Headed

CAUTION: THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF MY LONGER POSTS...BUT PLEASE READ IT COMPLETELY AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND MY POINT.

A Civil lesson in Civics:

Thanks to all my friends that participated in the mini forum I had on my Facebook wall last night.

Even within my tiny circle of influence we have deep divisions and rancor.

But with that aside let me just say something I hope we can all agree on:

A good parent never gives into the demands of a child throwing a tantrum! Trumps Insistence on closing the government until he gets his way cannot be allowed to happen.

It circumvents the one thing the Republicans claim they hold near and dear to their hearts...THE CONSTITUTION!

Its not about a WALL and the EFFECTIVENESS of it. Its about the way we make laws in this country. We DO NOT give into terrorists demands.........(in a way this is exactly what the President is doing)

Lets assume the Dems agree to give him $5.7 Billion so he opens up the government...what about next time and the time after that. There are 3 co-equal branches of government for a reason. (those old farts with white hair were some pretty smart cookies) One cannot be more influential than the other or we are no better off than the Communist Dictatorships we swear to deplore...

(Or Socialism...since Republicans cant seem to separate the two)

School-House Rock

And Mitch McConnell is one of the main reasons this is happening........He says the Dems are being obstructionists...yet he refuses to put a bill to a vote on the Senate floor to see if there are enough votes for it to pass because he says the President wont sign it. (didn't anyone watch School House rock?) Thats not how the system works folks! You dont hold off until you know if it will pass or be signed. You put it up for a vote and if it does you send it to the President to sign. If he vetoes it, then it comes back to the Senate and they vote to override it. If it is overridden it becomes law, if not, it doesn't.

(Pretty Damn Simple and Fair way to run a Republic)

Thats all the Dems want to do. 

Thats fair. Thats Constitutional.

THATS HOW ITS DONE... 

So bitch all you want, but until we decide to at least play the game by the rules that exist since our inception, dont expect anything to change anytime soon.