Even with the recent defeat of Eric Cantor, I have been stunned at all the incumbents we are returning to congress. Keep in mind congress has been mired in historically low approval numbers, yet we send the same people back. In Ohio we have term limits, but because of the voting pattern they are trying to extend the 8 year term limit to 12. All this does is make me think back to the cliché that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result.
Where is the anger? Where is the accountability? Once, a very wise politician told me we get the government we deserve. I disagree, we deserve better.
I realize there is very little chance of things getting better unless we hold lawmakers accountable. Throw the bums out is my motto. As long as we do the same thing, as long as we elect the same people over and over, as long as we tolerate a broken government, we will get the same result.
Let’s raise our epectations. Let’s hold lawmakers accountable. Let’s fix our country.