The Best Congress Money Can Buy

This is one of those posts that some will read and accuse me of being a Republican.

No, I'm the guy in the middle point fingers in both directions.

Before the Democrats took control, the party of Democracy swore to reduce the influence of lobbyists.

According to a recent ABC News report, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi vowed to fix the culture of corruption where access to congress is for sale.

Just last week, Speaker Pelosi held a fundraising dinner where guests paid from $10-thousnd to $28-thousand to attend according to the ABC report.

Does this make the Democrats hypocrites?

Probably so, but not more than the Republicans.

Political parties are partisan organizations that have survival as an unspoken main goal.

What I find frustrating is that anyone who is a true independent will always get the worst of both worlds.

The Republicans will accuse you of being a Democrat... the Democrats will accuse you of being a Republican.

It would seem that most people have a self-centered point of view.

The majority on the left actually believe they are in the center.

The same is true of most of those on the Right.

Here is an example of this...

Those who watch Fox News say the network is fair and balanced....even though the talk show hosts are usually on the Right side of everything.
This is the Republican idea of "just the facts" television.

Those who watch CNN say this is the "real" news channel... even though the talk show hosts are usually on the Left side of everything.
I know this is not a popular idea, but we seem to be on the left side of the pendulum swing right now.

CNN tends to be the Democrat idea of the "just the facts" news channel.
So where is all of this leading?

Everyone seems to be so worried about their party losing power.

The majority of party members make up the rules as they go... changing standards as often as I change my socks...all in an effort to keep their man or woman in power... but in the end, giving politicians license to do just about anything because they are in this party or that party.

I'm not against political parties.

I like the idea of people standing up for principals, but Americans seem to be happy with people who say the right things no matter what they are actually doing.

What is the end result?

We ask for party "A" or party "B" to get rid of the influence of money on our lawmakers, but we ignore the problem in "our" party and end up with the best congress money can buy.