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BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
1. Excellent expose, and I agree with you 110%.
Sat Nov 2, 2013, 12:31 PM
Nov 2013

The civil war ongoing in the GOP is a good lesson for Democrats and the Democratic Party to avoid the same type of infighting. I rarely agree 100% or even 70% with the Democrats in Congress (or White House), but I understand I can't have 100% of what I want because not everyone sees what I want as something they'd want, too.

Governing is compromise, whether I like it or not. And considering how our government is set up (winner takes all), we need to understand that, because of the need for compromise, progress will be slower than we'd want for this country. But as long as there is progress, we should support the Party that has our best interest in mind.

For one, we really, really need to win back the House. We can't afford to keep this country stagnate and held hostage by eighty or so RWNJ who have NO intention of governing in any which way and don't care about re-election or cherished committee positions. Their only interest is to destroy the Federal gov't to the point that only our bloated military can benefit from our tax dollars, and to give States the power for all other decisions.

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