Blood Sport

Sometime in the last couple days I heard a political pundit say this:
“Politics is a blood sport.”
Meaning…
Full contact.
No rules.
Win at all costs.
Mixed martial arts fighting brutal x2. At least.
I cringed when I heard it even as I knew it was true.
At least at the national level.
And, that I think is the problem.
Because while politics may be a “blood sport” leadership is not.
And what we lack
And what we need
Is leadership.