Claudia Tucker Obviously Doesn't Get It

In reading today's AP news article, "GOP Hopefuls Rake Va. Guv for Urging Debt Accord," it's obvious that Claudia Tucker just doesn't get it as to how real government has to work and the effects of this debt-ceiling debacle on the state of Virginia, for which she wants a State Senate seat. Does she really think that her "conservative" principles would keep Virginia from a devastating blow to one of the best, state economies in the country? Sorry folks, but standing by principle isn't reality. Principle is that which we believe in and stand by; but when reality comes knocking at your door in the guise of losing that necessary AAA bond rating, looking like the specter of death, you don't just stand there and let him walk in to take your family and everything you have to the netherworld. That's what we're looking at here if Virginia loses that bond rating.

In an economic melee, that AAA bond rating is crucial in being able to not only continue Virginia's success, but to be able to even keep our heads above water. If we think that times are tough right now in Virginia, it will be nothing when we start to feel the weight of the full, economic disaster that sound, ecomonic principles - yes, ecomonic principles; not moral principles - have averted in this state. Do we really want to end up like California? Or worse yet, do we want to be lead into the same abyss that our country is headed into?

Playing hardball with the federal government is admirable; but when it comes time to look at this real mess, you sometimes have to realize that your guns just aren't going to be big enough for this fight. It's gone on too long already. And for more of that reality, neither side is accomplishing what needs to be done to get this country back on track.

The Obama administration capitalized on the failed, economic policies of the Bush years and then took them to monumental proportions with their spending sprees, destroying any hope for a turnaround. We'll be paying off that debt for longer than this country will probably remain standing at this rate. And, we've elected a Republican House of Representatives who has luckily been standing ground to keep the spending from its same course. But, we have to be realistic that this is not going to be fixed by each side drawing a line and not then stepping over it here and there to get things fixed. Compromise is going to be essential to moving forward. Now, I'm not saying that compromise is giving up, but it's knowing when to look at reality and assessing that you have to work with what you have to keep progressing forward. It's kind of like a sinking ship. Do you stand your ground and go down with the ship, or do you look at the life raft that you have to work with and get it back to solid ground?

It sounds like Claudia Tucker would rather we just stand on that sinking ship. No thanks.

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