Eyona Ezopolitiko Ukuvuthela: Imbali emfutshane yeNkqubela yezopolitiko

Ukuvuthela: Imbali emfutshane yeNkqubela yezopolitiko

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Matshi 2006: Owayesakuba nguMongameli wase-US uGeorge W. Bush uchola inkunkuma emva kweNkanyamba uKatrinaIfoto ngu-Getty Izithombe (MANDEL NGAN / AFP / Getty Izithombe)



Ukwamkelwa okudumileyo phakathi kuka-Mongameli u-Barak Obama kunye no GOP u Gov. uChris Christie wase New Jersey ngexesha lokuphendula kwiNkanyamba u-Sandy kungenzeka ukuba walunyusa unyulo luka-2012 lweeDemokhrasi. Abagxeki bakaMongameli uGeorge W. Bush bamphethe ngokungenanceba ngenxa yokuphendula kancinci kwiNkanyamba uKatrina ngo-2005. Ngo-1992, iNkanyamba u-Andrew yajika iFlorida neLouisiana yaba ziindawo zokulwa phakathi kuka-Bush 41 noBill Clinton.

Kunganzima ukukholelwa, kodwa kwabakho ixesha kwimbali yaseMelika xa inkanyamba yeentlekele yayingeyiyo ibhola yezopolitiko.

Ukufumanisa ukuba yaqala nini yonke le nto, ndaye ndenza uphando ngeentlekele zembali nokuba ngaba impendulo yayibambekile ngenxa yokuxabana.

IChannel Channel ibhala iimpazamo ezenziwe ngexesha lolawulo lukaMongameli uFranklin D. Roosevelt, xa amakhulukhulu abasebenzi beCCC, uninzi lwabo yayingamagqala eMfazwe yeHlabathi, akhukuliswa xa inkanyamba yahlasela iKey West ngo 1935. Ngokuqinisekileyo u-Ernest Hemingway impendulo , inqaku alibhalileyo elinesihloko esithi Ngubani Obulala iiVets? yangqineka iyingozi kwi-FDR kunempendulo yeCongressal. Irhuluneli uChristie kunye noMongameli u-Obama.(Ofisi yeRhuluneli / uTim Larsen)








Iimpazamo zababikezeli bemozulu abakwazanga ukubona inkanyamba eyatshabalalisa i-New England kwiminyaka embalwa kamva, ekhokelela kwiziphumo ezibi kwi-Connecticut, Rhode Island nakwezinye iindawo. Kodwa ezo mpazamo azizange zijike zibe kukuzingela abathakathi.

Uphando luye lwafumanisa imizekelo efana noMongameli uLyndon B. Johnson efumana indumiso ngokungena eNew Orleans ngaphakathi kweeyure ezingama-24 zeNkanyamba uBetsy ehlasela iSixeko saseCrescent, ukulungelelanisa imizamo yokunceda kunye nokuthembisa urhulumente uncedo.

Kodwa amaza atshintsha emva kwesaqhwithi esilandelayo, iNkanyamba uCamille ngo-1969. Ukusweleka okunxulumene nemozulu kwabalelwa kumakhulu eAlabama, kunye naseGulf of Mexico, nezikhukula zasemhlabeni zabulala abantu abangaphezu kwekhulu kude lee naseVirginia. UAndrew Morris, kwinqaku lakhe

Matshi 2006: Owayesakuba nguMongameli wase-US uGeorge W. Bush uchola inkunkuma emva kweNkanyamba uKatrinaIfoto ngu-Getty Izithombe (MANDEL NGAN / AFP / Getty Izithombe)



Ukwamkelwa okudumileyo phakathi kuka-Mongameli u-Barak Obama kunye no GOP u Gov. uChris Christie wase New Jersey ngexesha lokuphendula kwiNkanyamba u-Sandy kungenzeka ukuba walunyusa unyulo luka-2012 lweeDemokhrasi. Abagxeki bakaMongameli uGeorge W. Bush bamphethe ngokungenanceba ngenxa yokuphendula kancinci kwiNkanyamba uKatrina ngo-2005. Ngo-1992, iNkanyamba u-Andrew yajika iFlorida neLouisiana yaba ziindawo zokulwa phakathi kuka-Bush 41 noBill Clinton.

Kunganzima ukukholelwa, kodwa kwabakho ixesha kwimbali yaseMelika xa inkanyamba yeentlekele yayingeyiyo ibhola yezopolitiko.

Ukufumanisa ukuba yaqala nini yonke le nto, ndaye ndenza uphando ngeentlekele zembali nokuba ngaba impendulo yayibambekile ngenxa yokuxabana.

IChannel Channel ibhala iimpazamo ezenziwe ngexesha lolawulo lukaMongameli uFranklin D. Roosevelt, xa amakhulukhulu abasebenzi beCCC, uninzi lwabo yayingamagqala eMfazwe yeHlabathi, akhukuliswa xa inkanyamba yahlasela iKey West ngo 1935. Ngokuqinisekileyo u-Ernest Hemingway impendulo , inqaku alibhalileyo elinesihloko esithi Ngubani Obulala iiVets? yangqineka iyingozi kwi-FDR kunempendulo yeCongressal. Irhuluneli uChristie kunye noMongameli u-Obama.(Ofisi yeRhuluneli / uTim Larsen)

Iimpazamo zababikezeli bemozulu abakwazanga ukubona inkanyamba eyatshabalalisa i-New England kwiminyaka embalwa kamva, ekhokelela kwiziphumo ezibi kwi-Connecticut, Rhode Island nakwezinye iindawo. Kodwa ezo mpazamo azizange zijike zibe kukuzingela abathakathi.

Uphando luye lwafumanisa imizekelo efana noMongameli uLyndon B. Johnson efumana indumiso ngokungena eNew Orleans ngaphakathi kweeyure ezingama-24 zeNkanyamba uBetsy ehlasela iSixeko saseCrescent, ukulungelelanisa imizamo yokunceda kunye nokuthembisa urhulumente uncedo.

Kodwa amaza atshintsha emva kwesaqhwithi esilandelayo, iNkanyamba uCamille ngo-1969. Ukusweleka okunxulumene nemozulu kwabalelwa kumakhulu eAlabama, kunye naseGulf of Mexico, nezikhukula zasemhlabeni zabulala abantu abangaphezu kwekhulu kude lee naseVirginia. UAndrew Morris, kwinqaku lakhe INkanyamba uCamille kunye nePolitiki eNtsha yoNcedo lweNtlekele ka-Federal, ngo-1965-1970 isuka e Ijenali yeMbali yoMgaqo-nkqubo , kubhala ngokwenzekileyo emva kwale ntlekele:

Emva kwemizuzu embalwa enikwe iCongressal yasekuhlaleni uWilliam Colmer ukuba athethe enkundleni, ikomiti yajika yangqina layo lokuqala, iRhuluneli uJohn Bell Williams. Nangona [uSen. Birch] I-Bayh yayihlonipha uWilliams, [uSen. Edmund] UMuskie wakhawuleza wazikhathaza ngombandela owawukhuthaze ukuxoxwa kwetyala kwasekuqaleni-izityholo zocalucalulo ngokobuhlanga ekuphathweni koncedo emva kwenkanyamba. Ezo zityholo malunga ne-Mississippi ngekhe zimangalise nabani na ekuqaleni kuka-1970, kuthathelwa ingqalelo imeko yakutshanje yelizwe, kubandakanya ukumelana nenkqubela phambili kunye nokuphakama kokunyanzeliswa kukhetho lwezikolo kwiinyanga nje ezidlulileyo. UMuskie noWilliams, ulwahlulo olunamandla, baxakekile okwexeshana, kwaye umxholo waphinde waqwalaselwa kwiseshoni yosuku olulandelayo yeengxoxo ezibhalwe ngononophelo, ezazibonisa iinkokheli zamalungelo oluntu zasekuhlaleni kunye nabemi babucala, ababhala uluhlu olude lweengxaki ngomzamo wokunceda. ukungalingani ngokobuhlanga, ukulibaziseka okungavakaliyo ekunikezeleni ngezindlu zethutyana, iindawo zokuhlala ezomeleleyo ziinkampani zeinshurensi, njalo njalo. Kwilitha lamajelo eendaba esizwe, ibali lamiselwa ngokuqinileyo: ulawulo lwentlekele, ngakumbi ngurhulumente namaziko endawo, yayihlala ingasebenzi kwaye inobuhlanga.

Kule mihla, kunzima ukucinga ngempendulo yenkanyamba engakhange ijonge kumcimbi wamaqela. Ukuphendula kukarhulumente wase-U.S kwiNkanyamba u-Andrew ngo-1992 kwabeka uMongameli George H. W. Bush phantsi kwemicroscope eFlorida, eLouisana nakwezinye iindawo. Umphathi weDemokhrasi waseSouth Carolina uJim Hodges waphulukana nokukhethwa kwakhona ngo-2002 ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yokuba ngobunono wayemka elunxwemeni ngenxa yeNkanyamba uFloyd, eyathi ngokungalindelekanga yajika yangasemantla yabetha iVirginia, iMaryland neDelaware (apho ndandihlala khona, yajika iyadi yethu yangasemva yangumlambo). Umntu wazi kakuhle ukuba uMongameli George W. Bush, u-Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco, kunye no-Sodolophu wase-New Orleans u-Ray Nagin batyholwa ngempendulo ebuthathaka kwiNkanyamba uKatrina kunye nokusilela kwe-FEMA. USen uJohn Edwards wade wazama nokwenza umahluko phakathi kwempendulo kaBush kuKatrina, kunye nempendulo yeLBJ kuBetsy, eNew Orleans, kwiphulo lakhe lowamongameli lowama-2008.

Kodwa omnye ukhumbula nendlela uMongameli u-Barack Obama abaleke ngayo waya eNew Jersey eyokubeka iliso ekuphenduleni kwiNkanyamba uSandy, efumana ukwangana oku sele kuchaziwe kuGov.Christie (owancoma impendulo karhulumente ebalaseleyo). Ngeli xesha, umchasi wakhe, eMassachusetts U-Gov. Mitt Romney uxelisile malunga nokuguqula isikhundla sakhe kwi-FEMA Nokuba amazwe kufanele ukuba ajongane noncedo lwentlekele, ekugqibeleni azinzise umgaqo-nkqubo kwiintsuku ezintathu emva kokuba uSandy ewele emhlabeni. Kwangelo xesha, iiseneta zaseMidwestern ezinje nge-Oklahoma's James Inhofe (owavota ngokuchasene noncedo lweNkanyamba uSandy) bazifumana becacisa ukuba kutheni befanelwe kukufumana intlekele xa iinkanyamba zahlasela amazwe abo kwiminyaka embalwa kamva.

Kwiiklasi zam zaseMelika zakwamanye amazwe, ndifundisa ngeMfazwe ebandayo, apho ezopolitiko zazibekwa bucala ngenjongo yokuphendula umanyano kutshaba lwethu, iSoviet Union. Ndikwacacisa ukuba sabufumana njani ngokufutshane ubu-bipartisanship emva kwe-9/11, de kwaba liMfazwe yoBunqolobi yaba yindawo yokulwa phakathi kweDemokhrasi kunye neRiphabhlikhi.

Ngokucacileyo kufuneka sibuyele kwixesha apho eyona nto iphambili kuzwelonke yayihlangula abantu ngendlela eyingozi kwaye sinceda abantu ukuba bakhe ubomi babo kwakhona, endaweni yokukhusela i-turf yezopolitiko kunye nokusebenzisa le ntlekele ukulungiselela inzuzo yomkhethe. Nokuba sisivunguvungu, inkanyamba, umlilo okanye inyikima, akufuneki sibone impendulo igudle imigca yeqela, okanye nakwimimandla echaphazelekayo xa kuthelekiswa nemimandla ekude nentlekele.

Isabizwa ngokuba yi Umanyene Amazwe aseMelika ngesizathu.

UJohn A. Tures nguprofesa wesayensi yezopolitiko eLaGrange College eLaGrange, eGa jtures@lagrange.edu 7c

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Matshi 2006: Owayesakuba nguMongameli wase-US uGeorge W. Bush uchola inkunkuma emva kweNkanyamba uKatrinaIfoto ngu-Getty Izithombe (MANDEL NGAN / AFP / Getty Izithombe)






Ukwamkelwa okudumileyo phakathi kuka-Mongameli u-Barak Obama kunye no GOP u Gov. uChris Christie wase New Jersey ngexesha lokuphendula kwiNkanyamba u-Sandy kungenzeka ukuba walunyusa unyulo luka-2012 lweeDemokhrasi. Abagxeki bakaMongameli uGeorge W. Bush bamphethe ngokungenanceba ngenxa yokuphendula kancinci kwiNkanyamba uKatrina ngo-2005. Ngo-1992, iNkanyamba u-Andrew yajika iFlorida neLouisiana yaba ziindawo zokulwa phakathi kuka-Bush 41 noBill Clinton.

Kunganzima ukukholelwa, kodwa kwabakho ixesha kwimbali yaseMelika xa inkanyamba yeentlekele yayingeyiyo ibhola yezopolitiko.

Ukufumanisa ukuba yaqala nini yonke le nto, ndaye ndenza uphando ngeentlekele zembali nokuba ngaba impendulo yayibambekile ngenxa yokuxabana.

IChannel Channel ibhala iimpazamo ezenziwe ngexesha lolawulo lukaMongameli uFranklin D. Roosevelt, xa amakhulukhulu abasebenzi beCCC, uninzi lwabo yayingamagqala eMfazwe yeHlabathi, akhukuliswa xa inkanyamba yahlasela iKey West ngo 1935. Ngokuqinisekileyo u-Ernest Hemingway impendulo , inqaku alibhalileyo elinesihloko esithi Ngubani Obulala iiVets? yangqineka iyingozi kwi-FDR kunempendulo yeCongressal. Irhuluneli uChristie kunye noMongameli u-Obama.(Ofisi yeRhuluneli / uTim Larsen)



Iimpazamo zababikezeli bemozulu abakwazanga ukubona inkanyamba eyatshabalalisa i-New England kwiminyaka embalwa kamva, ekhokelela kwiziphumo ezibi kwi-Connecticut, Rhode Island nakwezinye iindawo. Kodwa ezo mpazamo azizange zijike zibe kukuzingela abathakathi.

Uphando luye lwafumanisa imizekelo efana noMongameli uLyndon B. Johnson efumana indumiso ngokungena eNew Orleans ngaphakathi kweeyure ezingama-24 zeNkanyamba uBetsy ehlasela iSixeko saseCrescent, ukulungelelanisa imizamo yokunceda kunye nokuthembisa urhulumente uncedo.

Kodwa amaza atshintsha emva kwesaqhwithi esilandelayo, iNkanyamba uCamille ngo-1969. Ukusweleka okunxulumene nemozulu kwabalelwa kumakhulu eAlabama, kunye naseGulf of Mexico, nezikhukula zasemhlabeni zabulala abantu abangaphezu kwekhulu kude lee naseVirginia. UAndrew Morris, kwinqaku lakhe INkanyamba uCamille kunye nePolitiki eNtsha yoNcedo lweNtlekele ka-Federal, ngo-1965-1970 isuka e Ijenali yeMbali yoMgaqo-nkqubo , kubhala ngokwenzekileyo emva kwale ntlekele:

Emva kwemizuzu embalwa enikwe iCongressal yasekuhlaleni uWilliam Colmer ukuba athethe enkundleni, ikomiti yajika yangqina layo lokuqala, iRhuluneli uJohn Bell Williams. Nangona [uSen. Birch] I-Bayh yayihlonipha uWilliams, [uSen. Edmund] UMuskie wakhawuleza wazikhathaza ngombandela owawukhuthaze ukuxoxwa kwetyala kwasekuqaleni-izityholo zocalucalulo ngokobuhlanga ekuphathweni koncedo emva kwenkanyamba. Ezo zityholo malunga ne-Mississippi ngekhe zimangalise nabani na ekuqaleni kuka-1970, kuthathelwa ingqalelo imeko yakutshanje yelizwe, kubandakanya ukumelana nenkqubela phambili kunye nokuphakama kokunyanzeliswa kukhetho lwezikolo kwiinyanga nje ezidlulileyo. UMuskie noWilliams, ulwahlulo olunamandla, baxakekile okwexeshana, kwaye umxholo waphinde waqwalaselwa kwiseshoni yosuku olulandelayo yeengxoxo ezibhalwe ngononophelo, ezazibonisa iinkokheli zamalungelo oluntu zasekuhlaleni kunye nabemi babucala, ababhala uluhlu olude lweengxaki ngomzamo wokunceda. ukungalingani ngokobuhlanga, ukulibaziseka okungavakaliyo ekunikezeleni ngezindlu zethutyana, iindawo zokuhlala ezomeleleyo ziinkampani zeinshurensi, njalo njalo. Kwilitha lamajelo eendaba esizwe, ibali lamiselwa ngokuqinileyo: ulawulo lwentlekele, ngakumbi ngurhulumente namaziko endawo, yayihlala ingasebenzi kwaye inobuhlanga.

Kule mihla, kunzima ukucinga ngempendulo yenkanyamba engakhange ijonge kumcimbi wamaqela. Ukuphendula kukarhulumente wase-U.S kwiNkanyamba u-Andrew ngo-1992 kwabeka uMongameli George H. W. Bush phantsi kwemicroscope eFlorida, eLouisana nakwezinye iindawo. Umphathi weDemokhrasi waseSouth Carolina uJim Hodges waphulukana nokukhethwa kwakhona ngo-2002 ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yokuba ngobunono wayemka elunxwemeni ngenxa yeNkanyamba uFloyd, eyathi ngokungalindelekanga yajika yangasemantla yabetha iVirginia, iMaryland neDelaware (apho ndandihlala khona, yajika iyadi yethu yangasemva yangumlambo). Umntu wazi kakuhle ukuba uMongameli George W. Bush, u-Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco, kunye no-Sodolophu wase-New Orleans u-Ray Nagin batyholwa ngempendulo ebuthathaka kwiNkanyamba uKatrina kunye nokusilela kwe-FEMA. USen uJohn Edwards wade wazama nokwenza umahluko phakathi kwempendulo kaBush kuKatrina, kunye nempendulo yeLBJ kuBetsy, eNew Orleans, kwiphulo lakhe lowamongameli lowama-2008.

Kodwa omnye ukhumbula nendlela uMongameli u-Barack Obama abaleke ngayo waya eNew Jersey eyokubeka iliso ekuphenduleni kwiNkanyamba uSandy, efumana ukwangana oku sele kuchaziwe kuGov.Christie (owancoma impendulo karhulumente ebalaseleyo). Ngeli xesha, umchasi wakhe, eMassachusetts U-Gov. Mitt Romney uxelisile malunga nokuguqula isikhundla sakhe kwi-FEMA Nokuba amazwe kufanele ukuba ajongane noncedo lwentlekele, ekugqibeleni azinzise umgaqo-nkqubo kwiintsuku ezintathu emva kokuba uSandy ewele emhlabeni. Kwangelo xesha, iiseneta zaseMidwestern ezinje nge-Oklahoma's James Inhofe (owavota ngokuchasene noncedo lweNkanyamba uSandy) bazifumana becacisa ukuba kutheni befanelwe kukufumana intlekele xa iinkanyamba zahlasela amazwe abo kwiminyaka embalwa kamva.

Kwiiklasi zam zaseMelika zakwamanye amazwe, ndifundisa ngeMfazwe ebandayo, apho ezopolitiko zazibekwa bucala ngenjongo yokuphendula umanyano kutshaba lwethu, iSoviet Union. Ndikwacacisa ukuba sabufumana njani ngokufutshane ubu-bipartisanship emva kwe-9/11, de kwaba liMfazwe yoBunqolobi yaba yindawo yokulwa phakathi kweDemokhrasi kunye neRiphabhlikhi.

Ngokucacileyo kufuneka sibuyele kwixesha apho eyona nto iphambili kuzwelonke yayihlangula abantu ngendlela eyingozi kwaye sinceda abantu ukuba bakhe ubomi babo kwakhona, endaweni yokukhusela i-turf yezopolitiko kunye nokusebenzisa le ntlekele ukulungiselela inzuzo yomkhethe. Nokuba sisivunguvungu, inkanyamba, umlilo okanye inyikima, akufuneki sibone impendulo igudle imigca yeqela, okanye nakwimimandla echaphazelekayo xa kuthelekiswa nemimandla ekude nentlekele.

Isabizwa ngokuba yi Umanyene Amazwe aseMelika ngesizathu.

UJohn A. Tures nguprofesa wesayensi yezopolitiko eLaGrange College eLaGrange, eGa jtures@lagrange.edu

7c96390327;jsessionid=BE682402BBB8D6FBA74B555C1F53C9DB?qu=United+States+--+Politics+and+government+--+20th+century.&rw=7&ic=true&ri=251d8001-1448-40b8-b771-2659b9b228c2.3oUySA%2BlLok/jgkOdrRwze3pEUOCA%2BFvKcH7OJA3OMo%3D&te=1083500324&lm=ALL&ps=300'>INkanyamba uCamille kunye nePolitiki eNtsha yoNcedo lweNtlekele ka-Federal, ngo-1965-1970 isuka e Ijenali yeMbali yoMgaqo-nkqubo , kubhala ngokwenzekileyo emva kwale ntlekele:

Emva kwemizuzu embalwa enikwe iCongressal yasekuhlaleni uWilliam Colmer ukuba athethe enkundleni, ikomiti yajika yangqina layo lokuqala, iRhuluneli uJohn Bell Williams. Nangona [uSen. Birch] I-Bayh yayihlonipha uWilliams, [uSen. Edmund] UMuskie wakhawuleza wazikhathaza ngombandela owawukhuthaze ukuxoxwa kwetyala kwasekuqaleni-izityholo zocalucalulo ngokobuhlanga ekuphathweni koncedo emva kwenkanyamba. Ezo zityholo malunga ne-Mississippi ngekhe zimangalise nabani na ekuqaleni kuka-1970, kuthathelwa ingqalelo imeko yakutshanje yelizwe, kubandakanya ukumelana nenkqubela phambili kunye nokuphakama kokunyanzeliswa kukhetho lwezikolo kwiinyanga nje ezidlulileyo. UMuskie noWilliams, ulwahlulo olunamandla, baxakekile okwexeshana, kwaye umxholo waphinde waqwalaselwa kwiseshoni yosuku olulandelayo yeengxoxo ezibhalwe ngononophelo, ezazibonisa iinkokheli zamalungelo oluntu zasekuhlaleni kunye nabemi babucala, ababhala uluhlu olude lweengxaki ngomzamo wokunceda. ukungalingani ngokobuhlanga, ukulibaziseka okungavakaliyo ekunikezeleni ngezindlu zethutyana, iindawo zokuhlala ezomeleleyo ziinkampani zeinshurensi, njalo njalo. Kwilitha lamajelo eendaba esizwe, ibali lamiselwa ngokuqinileyo: ulawulo lwentlekele, ngakumbi ngurhulumente namaziko endawo, yayihlala ingasebenzi kwaye inobuhlanga.

Kule mihla, kunzima ukucinga ngempendulo yenkanyamba engakhange ijonge kumcimbi wamaqela. Ukuphendula kukarhulumente wase-U.S kwiNkanyamba u-Andrew ngo-1992 kwabeka uMongameli George H. W. Bush phantsi kwemicroscope eFlorida, eLouisana nakwezinye iindawo. Umphathi weDemokhrasi waseSouth Carolina uJim Hodges waphulukana nokukhethwa kwakhona ngo-2002 ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yokuba ngobunono wayemka elunxwemeni ngenxa yeNkanyamba uFloyd, eyathi ngokungalindelekanga yajika yangasemantla yabetha iVirginia, iMaryland neDelaware (apho ndandihlala khona, yajika iyadi yethu yangasemva yangumlambo). Umntu wazi kakuhle ukuba uMongameli George W. Bush, u-Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco, kunye no-Sodolophu wase-New Orleans u-Ray Nagin batyholwa ngempendulo ebuthathaka kwiNkanyamba uKatrina kunye nokusilela kwe-FEMA. USen uJohn Edwards wade wazama nokwenza umahluko phakathi kwempendulo kaBush kuKatrina, kunye nempendulo yeLBJ kuBetsy, eNew Orleans, kwiphulo lakhe lowamongameli lowama-2008.

Kodwa omnye ukhumbula nendlela uMongameli u-Barack Obama abaleke ngayo waya eNew Jersey eyokubeka iliso ekuphenduleni kwiNkanyamba uSandy, efumana ukwangana oku sele kuchaziwe kuGov.Christie (owancoma impendulo karhulumente ebalaseleyo). Ngeli xesha, umchasi wakhe, eMassachusetts U-Gov. Mitt Romney uxelisile malunga nokuguqula isikhundla sakhe kwi-FEMA Nokuba amazwe kufanele ukuba ajongane noncedo lwentlekele, ekugqibeleni azinzise umgaqo-nkqubo kwiintsuku ezintathu emva kokuba uSandy ewele emhlabeni. Kwangelo xesha, iiseneta zaseMidwestern ezinje nge-Oklahoma's James Inhofe (owavota ngokuchasene noncedo lweNkanyamba uSandy) bazifumana becacisa ukuba kutheni befanelwe kukufumana intlekele xa iinkanyamba zahlasela amazwe abo kwiminyaka embalwa kamva.

Kwiiklasi zam zaseMelika zakwamanye amazwe, ndifundisa ngeMfazwe ebandayo, apho ezopolitiko zazibekwa bucala ngenjongo yokuphendula umanyano kutshaba lwethu, iSoviet Union. Ndikwacacisa ukuba sabufumana njani ngokufutshane ubu-bipartisanship emva kwe-9/11, de kwaba liMfazwe yoBunqolobi yaba yindawo yokulwa phakathi kweDemokhrasi kunye neRiphabhlikhi.

Ngokucacileyo kufuneka sibuyele kwixesha apho eyona nto iphambili kuzwelonke yayihlangula abantu ngendlela eyingozi kwaye sinceda abantu ukuba bakhe ubomi babo kwakhona, endaweni yokukhusela i-turf yezopolitiko kunye nokusebenzisa le ntlekele ukulungiselela inzuzo yomkhethe. Nokuba sisivunguvungu, inkanyamba, umlilo okanye inyikima, akufuneki sibone impendulo igudle imigca yeqela, okanye nakwimimandla echaphazelekayo xa kuthelekiswa nemimandla ekude nentlekele.

Isabizwa ngokuba yi Umanyene Amazwe aseMelika ngesizathu.

UJohn A. Tures nguprofesa wesayensi yezopolitiko eLaGrange College eLaGrange, eGa jtures@lagrange.edu

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