Longtime Republicans torn between party loyalty and Obamacare

[johnlucas]

67. Thanks! If one party dies, the other party is refreshened

We swallow a lot waiting for progress.
I stopped calling myself a Democrat because of this party's general ineptitude at shutting down this incredibly easy-to-defeat opposition.
The Democrats are putting just a eensy weensy bit of pressure on the Republicans & the Republicans are falling apart.

It was ALWAYS this easy. We didn't have to go down this roller coaster the past 30 to 40 years.

Once the Republican Party dies off, then the Democratic Party will choose what it REALLY wants to be.
And once that choice is made somebody is getting off this ship.
Will it be the Progressives/Liberals/Socialists/Greens? Or will it be the Blue Dogs/Red Dogs/Mad Dogs/Centrists?

Somebody will leave.
If the party becomes strongly Progressive, then the gradualists won't have the stomach for it & jump off.
If the party becomes stubbornly Centrist, then the activists won't have the patience for it & jump off.

But because there's an even GREATER enemy we both fight, we're stuck together.
Some Republicans are even tired of the Republicans now.
Doesn't mean they're gonna be on board with full-blown Progressiveness.
They just know that the Republican Party they're ashamed of now is destructive to the country.
They reluctantly get on board with this 'big tent' called the Democrats because the Republicans are just that bad.

It's like Dragon Ball Z with story hero Son Goku & his mortal enemy Vegeta.
Vegeta came to kill Son Goku but Goku defeated him.
He wanted his revenge on Goku but then he had to escape from an even BIGGER monster named Frieza, a galactic tyrant that destroys worlds.
Frieza ruled over Vegeta but Vegeta wanted to get back at him for ruling him all those years.
He had to work with Goku to defeat him because he wasn't strong enough to defeat him on his own.
Frieza crossed paths with Goku & Vegeta killing Vegeta in the process.
Goku defeated Frieza for the sake of good & for Vegeta's sake as well.
Vegeta was brought back to life & started working on the good guy's side with Goku though he still wanted his revenge.
It was an uneasy alliance for a long time because Vegeta never quite got over Goku beating him.
But even bigger threats than Frieza arrived over time & forced them to team up.

That uneasy alliance caused a lot of mistakes & problems when fighting the bigger threats in the meantime.
Lots of wasted opportunities before they got the plan right.

Difference is that's a cartoon show & this is real life.
It makes for great drama & suspense when you watch it on a cartoon.
It ruins real lives when it happens in reality.
I would rather skip the uneasy alliance part & get the plan right from jump.
That doesn't happen until the greater enemy is defeated.
John Lucas