Downright dirty and mean-spirited.

There was a time when politicians mingled with each other. From both sides of the aisle. Or so I’m told. They socialized. Over dinner. They were courteous. Nice. They sort of set politic aside. They got to truly know each other. As human beings. That made politicking a lot easier. Civil. Compromise was a decent word. That’s the way things got done. I’m not sure if there ever was such a time. If so, it was long, long ago.  Maybe it’s all a myth. A fable. The concoction of a fertile imagination. And politic was always politic. Downright dirty and mean-spirited. –Jim Broede