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This excerpt shows the difference between Democrats and Republicans and knowing how to play hardball
In contrast, though Democrats control the process in Oregon, Democratic lawmakers there have agreed to give Republicans an equal say in redistricting in exchange for a commitment to stop blocking bills.
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_60871f69e4b003896e082a22
Bettie
(16,109 posts)to blocking bills?
Because recent history has proven that Republicans lie. Constantly. They NEVER keep their word on anything.
RandiFan1290
(6,232 posts)USAFRetired_Liberal
(4,167 posts)The Democrats are the Washington Generals
Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)Not fooled.
Wounded Bear
(58,656 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)Response to Kingofalldems (Reply #9)
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USAFRetired_Liberal
(4,167 posts)You cant bring knives to a gunfight. We lose when we play fair and Republicans dont....and it would have been fair and within the rules if they told the Oregon Republicans to kick rocks...that extra seat in Oregon just became a right wing Republican seat
Wounded Bear
(58,656 posts)that is the right way to do it. We don't "win" if we become the assholes we're trying to beat. And I wouldn't be so sure that the new seat will be red, but then I haven't jumped to conclusions about where the increased population in Oregon occurred. If it's in the Portland metro area, or the North end of the I-5 corridor it would likely be blue.
PortTack
(32,767 posts)Roisin Ni Fiachra
(2,574 posts)Never trust a Republican.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)to save it is to protect it.
Don't despair. Conservatives who don't believe in it have been trying to prevent and then destroy our representative government for 250 years and have never succeeded. We're smarter, and we're stronger because we're more principled and we hold the citadel we created.
PortTack
(32,767 posts)We have to stay grounded and work within the rules and laws, even when they dont. Its one of the reasons we are still a democracy after all these years..doing the right thing
dsc
(52,162 posts)then nothing can be done. They have repeatedly done this on bill after bill after bill. I am assuming they could do this with redistricting as well. I can only hope that they wait until all the bills are voted on before finalizing the map.