No Bipartisanship Here

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) said on CNN's "State of the Union" that President Obama is not a bipartisan leader. He said Obama has failed in that area. He said the success of some of Obama's initiatives such as the stimulus bill shouldn't be mistaken as bipartisanship for the simple fact that both houses of Congress are controlled by a sizable majority of Democrats. The Senate has a veto-proof majority of Democrats. McCain has cited health care legislation as an example that didn't receive any Republican input when it was written. He said Obama is an effective president with sizable majorities of Democrats in Congress.

Let's define bipartisanship. Bipartisanship is when legislators of both parties agree on a particular issue and will commit to including that on a particular bill. Suppose you have both a Democrat and a Republican in a congressional committee that believe that the F-22 weapons should be scrapped and the F-35 weapons should be used in place of the F-22's. Therefore, both legislators will include that provision when writing a bill. There must be agreement or common ground before there can be any type of bipartisanship.

The Democratic Party that's in control of Congress doesn't believe in bipartisanship. You'll hear a lot about bipartisanship, but that's all a smokescreen. The Democrats' agenda is to push through an agenda that's socialistic in nature which will transform the landscape of America. There's not much need for bipartisanship in Congress when they have sizable majorities ruling the Congress. It's all about power and creating a socialist America. The Republican Party needs to be an opposition party and stand against this socialist agenda but they are also part of the problem. Both parties are just puppets of special interests.

In the last several years whenever we've seen "bipartisanship" from both parties it's been to America's detriment. Watch out when both parties can agree together on a certain issue. They're probably selling out our country. Last year we saw both parties band together to support the bailout of the mortgage industry. It wasn't for America's benefit. Two years ago both parties were coming together to support an amnesty bill for illegal aliens called the "McCain-Kennedy" bill. It was due to a few vocal Republicans, talk radio, and a flood of calls from the constituents of the elected officials which stopped this bill dead in it's tracks. Back in 2006 then President Bush tried to push through a Dubais-Ports bill with the help of both parties which would allow the United Arab Emirates to have ownership of the U.S. ports. It was again talk radio, a few vocal politicians against it as well as a flood of constituents that stopped it from going through. I don't classify that as true bipartisanship.

We do need bipartisanship but we need the kind that's good for America. The problem is those that dwell in Congress don't appear to be overtly patriotic. They just spend their time paying back favors to those that have contributed to their campaigns. We need bipartisanship on issues such as drilling for domestic oil, giving incentives for the private sector to create alternate energy fuels, to declare English as the official language in the U.S., for Congress to spend within their means, to lower taxes on business, to guard our borders, to stop abortions, and to not allow the lower courts to trample on our Judeo-Christian freedoms. Bipartisanship is necessary but when we don't have leaders that are out for America's well-being, then it can be dangerous.