THE OLD GREY MARE

IT'S AN OLD SAYING. THE OLD GREY MARE SHE AIN'T WHAT SHE USED TO BE. 
I feel the same about politics in general and the Democratic party in particular. Now, before you get your back up about this, read on and see what I have to say. Then any one reading this, if anyone actually does, you have my permission to get your back up. As if you needed my permission.

When I was a youngster and hardly knew any thing about politics or political parties, there were two of them. Political parties, that is. The Republicans and the Democrats. My father was a Republican and my Mother was a Democrat. Some of my fathers family were Democrats and some of my mothers family were Republicans. Many of the people who my future wife belonged to were also members of these two parties. The parties were distinctive in what they espoused. Democrats were traditionally more liberal and Republicans were traditionally more conservative. 
However, they, for the most part, were not radical about their liberalism or conservatism. They were mostly just different in their approach to resolving a problem or a situation. And for the most part they were for the people who elected them and whom they served and they were staunch Americans proud of the Flag and the Constitution.  Somewhere along the line that has changed.

Now, you have people elected to office and they make a career of it. Or want to. And they seem to think that they are the boss of the people, not the other way around. They seem to have forgotten that this is a government of the people, for the people, by the people. You often hear the expression that some program is government funded. UH! no it is not. It is people funded through taxes on the people.  

Eight years ago the State of New Mexico, which has more Democrats than Republicans, elected a Republican Governor. She said that she would not raise taxes and she vetoed most every bill that crossed her desk that would do that and made it stick, in spite of the legislature being mostly Democrats. When she left office at the end of 2018, due to an increase on the price of oil and gas, on which the State is dependent, the State had a 2 billion dollar surplus. Governor Grisham, a Democrat elected as governor salivated at the thought of that surplus. Also, the Republicans lost several seats in the State house and senate and now the legislature is highly democrats, and many of them were also salivating over that surplus. In the first two months of her (Governor Grisham) reign as governor of the State, she and the legislature has managed to spend half of that 2 billion dollar surplus and in order to keep up their spending spree, they just last night, March 1/2, passed the largest tax increase in the history of the State. One legislature (a democrat) stated that they needed to do this to keep up revenue in case the price of oil and gas went down. One legislature ( a republican) said the only reason for passing this tax increase was because the State didn't want to live within its means. There has been a great awakening among the people of the State, of both parties. There are things going around to impeach the Governor since there is not a recall method in this State. She may be Governor for 4 years, but I don't think she will be reelected. Nor will many of those currently serving in the legislature, including the Lieutenant Governor. Those in the legislature are trying to pass California style gun legislation. There is a great uprising among the people, again of both parties, against these bills. County Sheriffs, many of them Democrats, went to Santa Fe' protesting against the bills on gun legislation. Many of the representatives in the out lying counties, who have few representatives, also are against these bills. They are being controlled by the populated areas of Santa Fe' Albuquerque and Las Cruces, where the highest population is and they have higher numbers of representatives in the Legislature. Governor Grisham states that she will sign these bills and ignore the "pity party" that the sheriffs and the people are having. Nuff said for now.

On the national scene, the same thing is being played out in the form of Nancy Pelosi. In a news article I read this morning, she is chastising some Democrats for breaking ranks and voting with some republicans on some things.  She is upset because they are not voting like she tells them to. Representative Ocasio Cortez, in that same news article, delivered a veiled threat to any Democrat who broke ranks and voted against the party line and went with Republicans.

Me thinks that the members of the Democrat party of old would be ashamed of some of the antics and policy's of many of the current group of Democrats. I'm a Republican and will stay that way, but I can't say I'm a staunch Republican and will vote my conscience regardless of party. Right now, being an Independent is looking more and more attractive, as neither party is acting like they are for the people, but are looking out for themselves first and the party second and Oh Yes, maybe we need to remember the people, cause they vote and an election year is coming up.

AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK