by Alexandra Ramsey

Created on: June 18, 2010   Last Updated: June 19, 2010

Bipartisanship has resulted in the “land of the free and the home of the brave” falling into shambles. Politics has evolved into such a counter-productive mess that our own country has to suffer the effects. Politicians have become so consumed with their own agendas and not the voice of this country that the United States has passed bills that seriously question the liberties established in the Constitution. What really calls for attention is the misconstrued ideas that are evolving in the minds of the public because of the severe political division in this country. 

Our country has become so segmented. There is no middle ground anymore. There are no blurred lines that unite the men and women that should be working as hard as they possibly can to preserve the qualities that make our inhabitants so proud to be Americans. There is nothing respectable about a vast majority of politicians these days. Liberals have become so far left and Conservatives so far right that they cannot even begin to communicate and come to a compromise. Instead they are both deceiving the public and playing off our countries weakness to advance their own careers, but in doing so they are leaving this country in reckless chaos and it is the common people that are suffering.

The foundation of this country is really something that we should all be reflecting on in our current situation. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, politically opposing figures, had to work together for the sake of this country. They were able to move forward and turn this country into something we can all be proud of. They were not concerned with themselves as much as they were for the newly created country that we have learned to love and cherish because of the deeds these men did: TOGETHER. Their hard work and dedication resulted in this beautiful nation resound to protect the freedom of its citizens.

If only politicians would become less advantageous and more considerate of those they are representing in the first place. It is not about their own personal desires and convictions that necessitate their careers but the desires and convictions of the nation as a whole. It should not matter what your party is that allows one to make a decision but the issues themselves. Like many other things in this world, our country has become more interested in a label, one’s party, that the actual fabric of the matter.  
 

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