It's a Party!

I'm more than certain that I'm not the only person here who is tired of party politics. It's always "the Republicans this" and "the Democrats that." Isn't it time to stop caring about parties and start caring about the public?

Bush has made more than his fair share of mistakes during his presidency. My family is Republican, so I've been raised with "Republican ideals" (whatever the heck that means), but I can definitely see Bush's shortcomings. Even I, the girl who believes that war is always inevitable, do not support the continuing war in Iraq. But what I don't understand is the fact that, just because Bush "led us to war" and he's a Republican, people hate Republicans now. Cheers for the Democrats raise because of the shortcomings of the President. (Now, of course, there are other reasons why many people hate Republicans right now, but we'd be kidding ourselves if we thought that Bush wasn't a big factor in that.)

I'm not a Democrat, but I'm also not a Republican. I'm a person, and I have my own views. Who cares if the president is a Republican or a Democrat? He's just one man and can't be expected to be the voice of all members of his party.

I know that it will never happen, but I think that we should forget the parties and the labels for a while. Every group has its problems, so why base so much off of them? If a Democratic president was in office right now and did something to tick the public off, people would start cheering for Republicans. The whole thing is, quite frankly, stupid.

This nation is divided--that much is painfully obvious. People should stop thinking of themselves and others as "Republican" or "Democratic" and start thinking of everyone as, well, people. We need to start putting some of our differences aside and work towards any common goals that we can find.

We are not "United States." If we don't find some way to be, then this nation is going to tear itself apart from the inside out.