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Carol H Tucker
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the business of gov't is to govern
Today is the 2nd day of the 4th week, the 22nd day of the 1st month, the 22nd day of 2018, [with 336 shopping days until Christmas], and: - Answer Your Cat's Questions Day ((neither of my cats have deigned to ask me any other question than “where’s the grub?”))
- Better Business Communication Day
- Celebration of Life Day
- Come In From the Cold Day
- Community Manager Appreciation Day
- Dance of the Seven Veils Day – traditionally marking the day of the beheading of St. John the Baptist
- International Sweatpants Day
- National Blonde Brownie Day
- National Hot Sauce Day
- National Polka Dot Day
- Roe VS Wade Day
I didn’t like Lyndon Baines Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson, [the 36th president of the United States, who died on this day in 1973 at his ranch in Johnson City, Texas, at age 64], who was President when I was in college. I thought he was the epitome of an old-time politician, and could easily picture him behind the scenes, chomping on a cigar [and I don’t even know if he smoked] while he wheeled and dealed, making back room compromises, promising pork programs, twisting arms and acting with unscrupulous single-minded intensity to get his agenda through. I blamed him for Vietnam, and cut him no slack over the problems of succeeding a younger, vibrant, visionary JFK. But one thing I had to admit, both then and in hindsight, he got things DONE. Congress functioned. It took Jimmy Carter [and yes I voted for him (once) because he was such a nice man and a successful business man] to teach me the ability to accomplish things via Congress was a necessary component of being President. Subsequent presidents don’t seem to have quite been as savvy as LBJ, and as time passed, Congress has become more and more hung up on grandstanding and bipartisan issues rather than actually thinking about the fact they represent and govern over ALL the United States.
The one thing I was willing to accede to Trump supporters was that apparently DJT was no stranger to negotiation. I hadn’t read his book, but anyone who has gotten banks and financiers to agree to restructuring needed in bankruptcy while still coming out of it with a pretty lavish lifestyle, definitely has some skill when it comes to sitting down at the table. So my question is, why isn’t he leveraging his position – in the White House as an outsider untouched by traditional DC affiliations, as “head” of this base of supporters – to get things done? Now mind you, I don’t approve or agree with most of his agenda, but for crying out loud, sometimes doing even the wrong thing is better than doing nothing at all. So now the federal government is shut down, and all he can do is whine on Twitter about how Democrats are to blame? Seriously? LBJ would not have had a picture taken at an empty desk, he’d have been on the phone non-stop and there would have been a compromise worked out. A real compromise, which means no one would’ve been particularly happy, but the business of government would still be rolling on. Of course, to be able to compromise means that all parties have to trust that the President and each other are bargaining in good faith – a trust that seems to be sadly lacking at the moment. Makes me wonder if DJT actually prefers an incompetent and inactive legislative branch.
Cope with it
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