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\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\nPhotos went viral, at the time, because people couldn’t believe that a Democratic president and a Republican governor could get along.<\/p>\n
They got along, but partisan hacks took the boots to Christie for daring to hug Obama in the wake of so much death.<\/p>\n
And it wasn’t even a hug! It was a handshake. But nevertheless, no good deed goes unpunished. President George W. Bush frequently found himself in this bipartisan situation.<\/p>\n
After Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Isabel and wildfires in California, he worked with Democratic governors, congressmen and mayors to get the emergency funding where it needed to go: to the American people.<\/p>\n
And, of course, we remember how united the country was after 9\/11. But is that what it takes to get politicians to do their jobs?<\/p>\n
Catastrophe? Is tragedy really the only vehicle to bipartisan success in this country? <\/p>\n
Do we only see what we have in common when images of dead Americans flood our television screens? <\/p>\n
Is that the only time it is worth the risk to a politician to do right by their people?<\/p>\n
We have been sitting on an immigration crisis in this country for decades because the parties just can’t drop their b\/s for the sake of their people. <\/p>\n
Health care in this country is a debacle because politicians just can’t stop politicking.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the rest of us just keep shelling out our taxes and hoping for the best. Hoping for progress, hoping for leaders who put Americans first before reelection, fund raising and partisan tweets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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