Posted by
Steve on Saturday, October 21, 2006 1:57:31 PM
Competition is a good thing in life. It helps us achieve goals and improve. It is fun to compete against others. Even political competition is fun. It gets the juices flowing and the emotions going.
Today, we do not have competion between the two parties the way it should be. The competition should be in the arena of ideas. Today, the Democrat party is playing competition in the arena of gotcha. That demeans the political process. It gets poor candidates into office and lowers the level of debate between candidates. The Democrat party only seems to be able to win an election if they get some "dirt" on the other candidate. That is not right. We do not have perfect people running for office. We have imperfect people trying to make a difference in their world.
An example of a politician avoiding an issue is our illustrous governor. The Arizona memorial for the victims of 9/11 contains things that are anti-american in its display. People objected to the memorial from the day it went up. The Republican challenger, Len Munsil announced that he objected to the memorial and he would tear it down and replace it with one more respectful of the victims of 9/11. Well, everyone jumped on him for saying that. The chair of the commission even admitted that people could take offense at the display.
Our Governor, Janet Napolitano, has decided that this needs to be decided away from an election. She has said she will recall the commission after the election to look at the display and determine if something needs to be done. This same commission almost put a tribute to the terrorists on the display. They were stopped at the last minute by someone thinking clearly.
Our governor a few years ago thought that a memorial to a soldier was so important that she ignored several laws to get a peak renamed for the soldier. I agree that soldiers should have important memorials. The victims of 9/11 should have a memorial that honors their name. They should not have a memorial that honors people that have anti-american feelings. It is also the only display in the park that does not have an American flag.
We need an honest and open debate on the issues of the day. We should not brush them under the rug and say we will talk about them when nobody is looking. That is the way bad things happen. Things that are important should be discussed when the public is looking. Then correct decisions will be made and everyone will be happy.