Project Logic Ga

Kandi from the Real Housewives of Atlanta was in the singing group Xcape with the rapper T.I.’s sweetheart Tiny.  If were T.I., I would have stepped to Kandi because tall and brown women just age better to me but I respect that man for staying with the woman who was with him through self-inflicted thick and thin. 

Xcape’s song “Understanding” speaks to many of the political and policy conflicts we are having in our nation today.  The Blue Dogs are battling the progressives in the Democrat Party over their push to use the government checkbook to correct everyone’s problems.  Yes, that approach starts to resemble socialism.  If you are broke, it could be the result of poor focus, poor planning and personal responsibility—blame yourself and don’t look for a government solution. 

On the other hand, the few reasonable Republicans in congress are battling the incendiary rhetoric created by ultra conservative talk radio and talk T.V. personalities. Once and for all, if someone feeds you information that you later learn was misinformation, you should avoid them in the future.  At this time last year, Barrack Obama was a terrorist for sitting on a board with some loser and Michelle Obama was the angry Black woman.  You don’t hear that much about the First Lady from the far-right today because they realize that Americans have learned that she was never what extremists were portraying her to be and is actually a great person. 

As a moderate, I support those leaders who have a sincere desire to govern with understanding and respect.  After the 2010 elections, the GOP had every opportunity to return to power by logically questioning the spending and programs of the Democrats and many moderates would have been right there with them.  But Boehner and McCain can’t control the far right media who is very good at whipping Americans into a hate and fear based frenzy—good for ratings and ad dollars but bad for the nation and world. 

To add insult to injury, the easy targets for the GOP in the mid-term elections will be those Blue Dog Democrats who have worked well with them in the past.  However, rather than producing GOP candidates who are similar to the two reasonable GOP senators from Maine, the conservatives are selecting candidates who are “mainly” far-right and similar to Fox News personalities.

At the end of the day, the reasonable center of America will tip the balance of power toward the better of the two sides.  The left offers “Kandi/Candy” and right “offers “Xcape/Escape” but the real housewives of Georgia will decide with their families which direction is reality.  The nation would be better off if the “understanding” of the other side was sought rather than partisan bickering.