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Bipartisanism could possibly be the greatest threat to the American way of life. I keep hearing about all the reaching across the isle that’s been taking place over the long career of John McCain. This seems to be done in an attempt to help John McCain come across as a really nice guy, someone who can compromise and negotiate well. However, where has all this reaching across the isle gotten us? It scored us the largest bank failure in American history, the biggest military mistake since Vietnam, the largest increase in national debt since the Civil War, and a $700 billion government subsidization of bad business practices.

When Congress was reaching across the isle in 2004 during hearings about Fannie Mae, did that help us 4 years later when those institutions failed? Not really.

Bipartisanism Could Ruin America

So, I repeat: Bipartisanism could possibly be the greatest threat to the American way of life, and I’m not over exaggerating. Here is a business analogy. Often times in business, teams and management fall into a phenomenon called “group think“. If you’ve ever taking team training, management, or leadership courses, you have most likely experienced this phenomenon. Often times team members will justify group think by referring to it a synergy. However, synergy is massively different from group think. Synergy is not dangerous. It is the natural outcome.

Group Think is NOT Synergy

What does group think have to do with Congress? Simple. There is a mentality that our politicians need to get along. There is a mentality that they should “stop the bickering in Washington”. I’d rather have bickering in Washington than troops in Iraq. I’d rather have bickering in Washington than an ill-advised $700 billion government subsidization of business failure. On a side note: Wasn’t this the Congress who made it more difficult for regular citizens to file for bankruptcy? Did they need the money to cover the fraudulent lenders who are now out of business?

Back to the bickering… I’d rather have bickering in Washington than the largest increase in national debt since the civil war. I’d rather have bickering in Washington than a loss of personal freedom, privacy, and human rights. I’d rather have bickering in Washington than government run health care and a larger government that loves to spend money like it just won the lottery.

WWHD: What Would Hamilton Do?

Our founding fathers were not reaching across the isle. The Anti-Federalist Papers were not called the “The Let’s Reach Across the Isle and Not Create America Papers”. They fought, and in some cases killed each other, over what they believed to be right. They stood for something. If their policies were not longer favored, they lost their office. They had ideals and were resolute in their ideals.

Is George W. Bush Really the Problem?

What about George W. Bush? Isn’t George W. Bush resolute? Yes. W has been one of the most resolute Presidents we’ve had. The problem has been that Congress has just folded on everything. W has made no secret about his love of spending money we don’t have. W made it very clear that he wanted to invade Iraq. W has been very clear that he supports failed government programs. W has made it very clear that he believes the federal government should encourage poor business ethics. What has Congress done? Where is the resolve of Congress to say, “Nice idea to give the failed banks a $700 billion loan, but weren’t you the guy who told us two months ago that the economy was showing signs of growth?”

You stand for something, don’t you? If I were going to take your car and your home, I’m sure you’d have something to say to me. Well, someone has taken our Congress, and we need to say something about it.

Congress is the real problem, not Bush. Educate yourself on your Congressional leaders’ voting record, and make a choice in November. If they don’t stand for what you stand for, kick them out!