THAT
THAT KIND
THAT KIND OF FEEDBACK BARKING DOGS AT LEAST YOU AND YOUR DOG
ARE WATCHING SO THANK YOU.
NOW I'M SURE I DON'T HAVE TO
TELL YOU WE ARE IN A VERY
PARTIZAN CHAPTER OF AMERICAN
POLITICS.
POLITICS.
POLITICS. REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS
THEY'RE TUCKED NEATLY INTO
SEPARATE PILES THAT EACH OTHER
NOW I'M SPEAKING GENERALLY
OF COURSE IT'S OK TO LIKE
SOMEBODY FROM THE OTHER PARTY
ESPECIALLY SINCE SOME OF THOSE
PEOPLE ARE YOUR KIDS OR YOUR
PARENTS >> OR YOUR SPOUSE.
BUT POLLING >> FROM THE
POLITICAL WEBSITE FIVE THIRTY
EIGHT FOUND THAT AMERICANS
REALLY DON'T LIKE THE OTHER
PARTY >> SINCE THE NINETEEN
EIGHTIES PEOPLE HAVE HAD A
STEADY REGARD >> FOR THEIR OWN
PARTY AND SHOWN GROWING DISDAIN
FOR THE OTHER >> EXPERTS
EXPLAIN THIS IN A FEW DIFFERENT
WAYS.
WAYS.
WAYS. ONE
WAYS. ONE WOULD BE THE
NATIONALIZATION OF AMERICAN
POLITICS MEANING THAT PEOPLE
CARE A WHOLE LOT MORE ABOUT WHO
THE PRESIDENT IS AND A LOT LESS
ABOUT THEIR LOCAL COUNTY
COMMISSIONER LET'S SAY NOT ONE
IS IMPORTANT THAN THE OTHER IS
NOT.
NOT.
NOT. BUT
NOT. BUT IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ENOUGH
WITH POLITICS TO KNOW WHO LET'S
SAY THE MINORITY SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE IS BUT YOU CAN'T NAME TO
YOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELL
I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU HERE
AND ONE OF THE REASONS YOU MAY
KNOW MORE ABOUT WHERE NANCY
PELOSI GETS HER HAIR DONE
RATHER THAN YOUR OWN TOWN CITY
COUNCIL IS BECAUSE POLITICS CAN
BE THEATER AND AMERICANS ARE
CONSUMING IT IN A LANDSCAPE
OF EVER GROWING PARTIZAN MEDIA
THAT KNOWS THAT MOST PEOPLE
WOULD RATHER HAVE THEIR BELIEFS
REINFORCED MORE THAN HAVING
THEM CHALLENGED.
THEM CHALLENGED. PAIR THAT WITH THE FACT THAT
BOTH PARTIES >> HAVE TAKEN MORE
DISTINCT STANCES A GROWING
NUMBER OF SOCIAL ISSUES
AMERICANS ARE LIVING IN THIS
POLITICAL WORLD OF ARE YOU WITH
US OR >> AGAINST US?
AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE
REASONS WHY PEOPLE GET SO DARN
MAD WHEN A POLITICIAN STEPS OUT
OF FORMATION LIKE
REPRESENTATIVE JAMIE HERERRA
BUETLER FROM SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON, A REPUBLICAN WHO
SPOKE OUT AGAINST PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S LIES ABOUT THE ELECTION
.
.
. SHE
. SHE WAS
. SHE WAS ONE OF ONLY A FEW
REPUBLICANS WHO ACTUALLY VOTED
TO IMPEACH HIM AND THEN THE
CLARK COUNTY GOP CENSURED HER
FOR THAT WHICH MEANS THEY'RE
TAKING YOUR FUNDING AWAY.
THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS.
THE QUESTION IS IS THIS BAD >>
FOR HERERRA BUETLER?
IT SOUNDS BAD BUT BUT IS IT
BAD?
BAD?
BAD? OUR
BAD? OUR POLITICAL ANALYST >> LEN
BERGSTEIN SAYS NOT NECESSARILY
AND HERE'S WHY DO YOU >> THINK
THAT INDIVIDUAL POLITICIANS
HAVE MORE POWER TODAY THAN THEY
EVER HAVE BEFORE MORE OR LESS.
YOU SEE LIKE THE GOP IN CLARK
COUNTY CENSURING JAMIE HERERRA
BUETLER DOES THAT CARRY AS MUCH
WEIGHT AS IT DID TEN, FIFTEEN
YEARS AGO >>?
I DON'T THINK SO.
AND THEN PART OF THAT HAS TO DO
WITH THE ABILITY OF THE
LEGISLATOR TO GET DIRECTLY GO
DIRECTLY TO VOTERS THROUGH
TECHNOLOGY MEANS TO TALK WITH
THEM TO RAISE MONEY IN SMALL
AMOUNTS SO THAT IN FACT THE
GATEKEEPERS OF THE GOODIES THAT
THE PARTIES USED TO BE NO
LONGER THEY DON'T HAVE THAT
PRESSURE THAT THEY THEY HAD
PRIOR PRIOR TO THIS AND ALSO
QUITE FRANKLY MEDIA ATTENTION
GRAVITATES TOWARDS MAVERICKS.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY BUT
IT'S PARTICULARLY TRUE NOW
WHERE SO MUCH OF THE POLITICS
IS ABOUT SOUNDBITES AND YOU ARE
TEMPTED BY A POLITICIAN, A
CANDIDATE TRYING TO WORRY YOU
HAVE TO WORRY MORE ABOUT THE
FIGHT WITHIN YOUR OWN PARTY IN
A PRIMARY AND YOU DO HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT A GENERAL SO THE
LEAST WHAT WE SEE IS WE SEE
POLITICIANS WHO ARE REALLY
TRYING TO PLAY TO THE VOTE THAT
THEY THINK IS GOING TO
DETERMINE THEIR WIN IN THE IN A
PRIMARY >>.
PRIMARY >>. NOW ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
AISLE, DEMOCRATS STARTED
WRITING US ALL KIND OF ANGRY
EMAILS ABOUT OREGON CONGRESSMAN
KURT SCHRADER.
KURT SCHRADER. THEY WERE SCHRADER HATERS.
THEY WERE MAD THAT HE VOTED
AGAINST THE MOST RECENT
STIMULUS PACKAGE BECAUSE HE
SAYS HE WAS CONCERNED WITH HOW
IT WAS DIVISED SAID THE OTHER
STIMULUS BILLS THAT CAME PRIOR
THERE THEY WERE BIPARTISAN
AND THIS ONE WASN'T HE HAD
CONCERNS ABOUT THE MINIMUM WAGE
HIKE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE
BILL AND HE WORRIED THAT THERE
WERE ELEMENTS IN THE BILL THAT
DIDN'T PERTAIN DIRECTLY COVID
RECOVERY .
RECOVERY . HE WAS ONE OF TWO DEMOCRATS WHO
VOTED AGAINST IT.
IT WAS SO RARE THAT TO HAVE
THESE TWO PEOPLE BREAK BREAK
RANKS AND IT MADE NATIONAL
HEADLINES.
HEADLINES. I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT HOW YOU
FEEL ABOUT ALL OF US, YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE I WILL SAY WHEN
SCHRADER MADE THAT VOTE AND WE
GOT ANGRY EMAILS FROM
DEMOCRATS, WE ALSO GOT EMAILS
FROM REPUBLICANS PRAISING HIM
FOR IT AND DEMOCRATS THEY DID
THE SAME WHEN JAMIE HERERRA
BUETLER VOTED TO IMPEACH
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. BUT I WONDER IF THEY WERE TRULY
PRAISING THESE LAWMAKERS FOR
THEIR WILLINGNESS TO CROSS THE
AISLE OR IF THEY WERE JUST