What is a statesman/woman?

Dictionary.com defines it as follows:

states·man
/ˈsteɪts mən/ Show Spelled [steyts-muhn]  
noun, plural states·men.
1. a person who is experienced in the art of government or versed in the administration of government affairs.
2. a person who exhibits great wisdom and ability in directing the affairs of a government or in dealing with important public issues.

I ask this question because of the devolution of the American Congress since President Obama took office.  Come to think of it, the eight years of the last Bush administration comes into play also.  Certain members of our Congress have behaved so barbarically that I’ve wondered about their loyalty.

When someone is elected to the highest offices in the land, I would hope that they would think of the country first and their constituency second.  I understand that their party has a great deal of influence but you cannot convince me that EVERY Republican in over the last twelve years of our history has thought so little of our county that he/she would vote in a strictly party line.

Surely there would have been one, just one, who thought the party line was wrong.  Just one?  But, alas, no.  They hate President Obama so much that they will destroy our county to prove he is a poor choice for President.

Who forces a Congressional candidate to sign a pledge of unstatesman-like behavior in order to get campaign funds from the GOP coffers?  Who can wield that much power?  Who, in their right mind, would sign such a pledge?  What private citizen can usurp the power of, as of today, more than half of our Senate and just slight less than half of the House of Representatives?

ANYONE who signs this pledge and obeys it is no statesman/woman.  ANYONE who can look at the needs of our country today and STILL FOLLOW this pledge is no statesman/woman.  ANYONE who can march to this insane pledge by exhibiting such hatred of one President is not an American.  Yes I said insane.

NO ONE in their right mind can behave so badly.  Perhaps I’m an idealist, perhaps I’m naïve; but, I refuse to believe that my Country can be led by these monsters and no one seems to mind.  Why haven’t we look at the author of this ridiculous pledge as a practitioner of subversion.

As a loyal American citizen, I demand that the members of the Republican party become statesmen/women.  I demand that they look at the needs of the citizens be examined and then work toward meeting those needs.  I demand that they stop this “criminal” behavior of allowing our country to fail.

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