| During the health care summit the Administration | | | | become "made." Once a guy has paid his dues to |
| put on as a dog and pony show, one participant | | | | The Family, it's his turn to become a "made" man. |
| compared the Democrats and Republicans to | | | | His reward is an elected office. Sorry, but this is |
| Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." This is an insult | | | | as appalling as it is true. |
| to warring families everywhere. If we're going to | | | | The Family also has certain rules you never |
| invoke movie trivia let's get it straight. Our political | | | | violate: you never talk badly about another Family |
| parties are not "Romeo and Juliet;" They at best | | | | member; you never rat a guy out, you show |
| Groundhog's Day and at worst The Godfather. | | | | loyalty to the Party/Family regardless of whether |
| In the Bill Murray flick Groundhog's Day the same | | | | they are decent, fair, right or wrong. The Family |
| thing keeps happening day after day after day. It | | | | has the money, and can make or break your |
| is maddening to the protagonist but every time | | | | political career. So you show them deference so |
| the alarm rings in the morning, it's the same ole | | | | they'll give you money for TV ads, because that's |
| same ole. Sound familiar? Sound like your local | | | | how elections are won. The true movie about |
| politician giving you the same ole blah blah? This is | | | | politics in America is a sorry combination of |
| politics and now, after having been exposed to it | | | | Groundhog's Day and The Godfather. Let's call it |
| intimately for six months I can tell you this: keep | | | | The Ground Father. |
| electing the same old guys over and over and | | | | Iconoclasts like my husband, who ran for |
| you're going to get what you get. The popular | | | | Congress against an entrenched Republican party |
| definition of insanity is doing the same thing over | | | | favorite, are trying to break the system and bring |
| and over and expecting different results. Elect | | | | the power back to the people. It's less about |
| your standard bland party guy and you'll get | | | | issues than integrity. Whom can you trust? Which |
| back-room back-door back slapping deal-making. | | | | candidate has the people's interest at heart and |
| Politics, at least in Colorado, probably across the | | | | which one is just trying to get a good paying job |
| country and undoubtedly on both sides of the | | | | with lots of esteem? Republican or Democrat, we |
| aisle, is a chilling replica of The Godfather. It is all | | | | keep electing the same exact guy. Only the width |
| about power. Which Family is in control? Which | | | | of his tie has changed over the decades. |
| Family has the power? The Family in power only | | | | I've never liked politics and never will but if folks |
| cares about keeping it and the Family on the outs | | | | don't wake up and vote for non-politicians, the |
| only wants it. Each Family has a cohort of men, | | | | newest movie about the state of our |
| mostly, who know how to shuffle and make | | | | government will be Dumb and Dumber. We get |
| deals, who are not queasy about breaking knees | | | | what we deserve. Let's start thinking that we |
| (figuratively of course) and who wait in line to | | | | deserve better than mediocre. |