Public Comment

The New Bi-Partisanship

Arthur Blaustein
Friday November 09, 2018 - 01:36:00 PM

The following Letter to the Editor was sent to USA Today and the Times -- as a memo/tweet, poetic postscript to the election:

To: Donald Trump

From: Nancy Pelosi


THE NEW BI-PARTISANSHIP

The election is over and the vote is now known.

The will of the people has clearly been shown.

So let's all get together and let differences pass.

I'll investigate your elephant.

And you can kiss my donkey.




Professor Arthur Blaustein taught Public Policy and Politics at the University of California, Berkeley and is author of DEMOCRACY IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT and THE AMERICAN PROMISE... He served on the Board of the National Endowment for the Humanities under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.