I believe politics is a team sport. That, for awful and unfortunate reasons beyond any of our control, the American system only allows, effectively, for two teams.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
They say politics is a contact sport, and I have to agree with that.
We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings.
Politics is a blood sport.
Politics is a contest among people of diverse backgrounds and philosophies, advocating different solutions to common problems. The system only works when principled, energetic people participate.
In the political system, we are a team; politics and bureaucracy, we are a team. The politicians, bureaucrats and the people, we are a team.
Trouble is, we call politics a game, but it isn't one. There is no referee, and the teams make up the rules as they go along. You can't cry foul or offside in politics. Almost anything goes.
You cannot mix sports with politics.
Sport allows people to come together, but politics divides people.
There is a circus around politics. But if you think it is a game, then you forget what the purpose of politics actually is.
Politics is a contact sport.