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In reply to the discussion: Ocasio Cortez is going to be a problem for our party just watch. [View all]haele
(12,647 posts)...we often walk slowly and chew gum carefully because we have to watch where we step and don't want to trip and choke ourselves on our gum. We also are always on the lookout for the garbage can to deposit our gum in once we're done, because littering sucks.
Here's another way of putting this reality.
Republicans believe in policy bumper stickers. They cover up the flaws in the GOP leadership's "vehicle" of choice. Unfortunately, the GOP tends to be addicted to flashy lemons, so they need lots of bumper stickers and J.B Weld to keep that car running.
However, the Democratic party works with "platform planks" - different sized solutions that make a bridge to go forward as we get over issues that challenge us as a society. But to get where we need to be, everyone needs to work together and put the planks down in some form of stable pattern. We may need to go back and change planks up, move them around, but we still need to work together to go forward.
We have to work together, even if we don't exactly agree about the relative importance that someone else has placed on their particular plank. Coalitions are like that.
Haele