John McCain was what I wish of the Republican Party.
I disagreed with him probably 90% of the time, but i feel like he was someone I could sit down and have a rational, respectful argument with. A person with whom I could share the general sentiment of, “we both want what’s best for the country, and have very different ideas on how to do that, so let’s try to find the common ground and where we can compromise.”
My senator, Susan Collins, was once one of those people, who somewhere in this clusterfuck went over to the dark side. Now I’m committed to replacing her with a Democrat, where at one point I may have considered it more valuable to have a somewhat friendly connection across the aisle.
The Republicans have pushed partisanship past the point of no return. There was a time when we could disagree and still work together. That’s done now.
