We tend to admire the bizarre. We tolerate the aberrant. And, then there is the rising whine of incivility in our political discourse. Respect for institutions erodes. Fidelity to oath and pledge shrivels.
Loyalty is erased from the vocabulary.
Parliamentary dialogue turns cruel and mean-spirited. What used to be a political chamber of comradely combat and deference to the views of others, is now the predators' pit. But in the tradition of Dr. King, I have a dream. I believe that our societal omissions are temporary, that we will soon enlarge the narrow bottom on which we stand. I truly believe that slowly, surely, there will be a restoration of those homely standards by which ordinary Americans have so long and through so much turmoil sustained their values, maintained their families, and guarded their country.