Steve's barking atgime that old time politics

I was shocked, yes shocked that a congressman would call the President of the United States a liar when he was giving his state of the Union speech. I'm so used to civility in my politics.
It seems that I have a short term memory problem. Things can get pretty nasty in Jersey politics. Actually things are not as nasty as they were in the 19th century American politics.
Hell it wasn't uncommon for ghost to vote. It wasn't even uncommon in the  big cities for members of one political party to go into the voting booth and pulling the level for the voter.
Civility in the congress was some times nonexistent many a cursing was recorded. A bop on the head from a walking stick from one member of congress to his colleague was also recorded along with challenges for duels.
It appears that I and my contemporaries have gotten soft, we expect our politics to honest and civil.
To rectify that I suggest real craziness like rigging the polling places electronically.( I know Ohio  has been accused of doing this for Bush V Kerry). In congress a cage should be placed in the middle were debates would be settled by some ultimate fighting.
Come on guys we've got to show our forefathers that we could be dirtier and tougher then them.

Steve's barking at Monday Morning Quarterbacking

President Obama should have gotten tough with the Republican Party on day one.
The US government shouldn't have forced Freddy and Fanny to lend unworthy borrowers for home loans.
The government shouldn't have bailed out the banks.
The Republican Party should have begged Donald Trump to run for president and have all the other candidates just abandon the race.
We should ignore the constitution when it gets in the way of our beliefs and strictly enforce it when it doesn't.
We should have listen to business leaders more then our political leaders.
We should be able to have a no confidence vote in the presidency kind of like the European parliaments.

Monday morning quarterbacking is taken from the time when professional football (American) was only on Sunday.
The Quarterback called most of the play, and they didn't so much come in from the sideline.
On Monday morning when the game was discussed criticism of the play calling was known as Monday morning quarterbacking. We generally had no idea what we were talking about.