The articles I am now reading are concerned with what the Republican Party did wrong, how it might be able correct their mistakes in order to regain power lost while in pursuit of President Clinton.
There are some very obvious ideas being missed by political experts and writers such as Oliver North. The first that comes to mind is every article is concerned with party power. Should that be the focus?
The quest for party power has been the cause of the last four years of turmoil in our society. Party power, whether any Republican will admit it or not, was the basis for the investigation and the continuation of the investigation.
Truth, justice, and the American way had nothing to do with it. Republicans wanted lost power back and they determined the way to do it was destroy, or attempt to destroy, the president.
Just as erroneous as that was, any plan on how to gain back power will be just as erroneous as the wrong base will be established, just as it was by Republican leadership in laying out the plan to get Clinton.
To get at what I am trying to state, not one article voicing the opinion that telling the truth, proving integrity, becoming non-corrupted, voting for legislation in favor of the people rather than special interest groups, living the family values so often used as a means of misleading people, working together to solve national and world problems, re-building our government to the state it was intended (a Republic, not a totalitarian government), and not misrepresenting themselves to win elections has been read.
Granted, it is impossible for one person in his off-time from work to read every article written in every publication across the nation but enough are read to get a fair idea of what is going on in the minds of politicians and their backers.
We are basically at a point in our history that we have seen the tremendous damage party politics can do this nation. We have lived through the most disruptive, party pursuit for power in history.
And, it has split this nation, done untold damage in loss of faith in government, brought out how deceitful our leaders in Washington are (not totally as this has only been the tip of the iceberg in regards to corruption, lack of integrity, deal making with foreign powers, subversive government organizations, kick-backs, pay-offs, taking away the rights of citizens under the guise of ‘good’ ideas sold to win votes as examples), and has clearly shown the fallacies in allowing two groups to gain the power they have, the Republican and Democratic parties.
The concern should not be how to get the power back into the hands of the Republican Party; the concern should be how to prevent any party from having the power to run this nation in their own best interests and direct it to a totalitarian government.
The power must be exercised by the people of this nation. Mr. Clinton, in his Inaugural Speech, stated it quite clearly - This is your country.
And, it is - but you would never know if you follow legislation that has been put into force while the Republican Party in control of Congress has been hood-winking the public about the true purposes of the legislation, or legislation currently proposed.
No, what we must do is as Mr. Clinton advised. We must take back our governing and remove party power and never allow it to reach the proportions it has with the Dem's and Rep's. It is the source for corruption which abounds in our Capitol; it is the reason they strive to maintain maximum power. That is where the big bucks are and it is to our detriment that they profit.
Let me state this as clearly as possible. For the Republican Party, any plan enacted in order to gain back power is not for the good of the people of this nation - it is for the good of the party, meaning those who hold seats in Congress and those they have as friends.
It is for the good of the big businesses and wealthy special interests groups that they want and need to have power back lost due to their negative actions against the Democratic President of the United States who just happened to be Mr. Clinton at the time.
Had it been any other Democrat, the same plan would have been in force - get the president and we will prove to the American people we are the best party to have in power.
Well, Folks, they are not, nor will they ever be. And the same holds true for the Democratic Party.
No, the writing on the wall, possibly quite dim and nearly illegible right now, is that power must be removed from the parties. The writing is we must have apartisan governing, with only those who will respond to their innermost attitudes on truth, integrity, morality, and the need to truly do what is best for the people of this nation.
Then, and only then, will we be rid of corruption and a government that is For Themselves, For Their Party, and For their Special Interest Groups.