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189. Thirdwayer's idea of a compromise:

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 04:11 PM

Mar 2015

Republican: We need a private meeting so we can speak with candor.

Democratic Thirdwayer: It is in the best interest of the public that you speak with candor, so we'll speak privately.

Republican (in private): If you want to run an interstate through the city limits you'll have to make some inducement for the business owners that will be impacted by the construction.

Democratic Thirdwayer: We can work on that. But I also have a huge campaign donor who has a problem wetland area to develop within the city limits, however the major infra-structure is owned by the existing homeowners.

Republican: No problem, we'll just bring in the leaders in the community and give them an active role to play in the construction of the road and the private development.

Democratic Thirdwayer: We should have enough government project money for some of the homeowners, but not enough to induce them all.

Republican: We only need to induce a few of them. This is, afterall, how small government works. Whatever they do to their own people is a private matter.

Democratic Thirdwayer: Isn't it great how we can come to a compromise?

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Hillary Clinton Praises George W. Bush and the Art of Compromise [View all] cali Mar 2015 OP

Woot! Bipartisanship! pscot Mar 2015 #1

Yay! More reaching across the aisle! Here's an idea, Autumn Mar 2015 #2

It'd be great for our political careers. Octafish Mar 2015 #13

oh god. can she be more tone deaf to what she is supposed to be? But then, her hubby is roguevalley Mar 2015 #14

I think it is called "reaching around the aisle." n/t eggplant Mar 2015 #25

DUzy!! hedda_foil Mar 2015 #50

I have thought of that. That is what the tea party did, and the religious folk did. LiberalArkie Mar 2015 #112

Centrists should go back to the Republican Party. Their only purpose as Democrats whereisjustice Mar 2015 #175

This is exactly right. They're complicit. Broward Mar 2015 #190

Right after 911 aid for New York treestar Mar 2015 #3

Heaven forbid a Senator from NY cajole a Republican for some much needed money OKNancy Mar 2015 #5

Like Chris Christie and Obama after Hurricane Sandy treestar Mar 2015 #6

what is the point of praising W.? and for what? this has nothing to do cali Mar 2015 #16

So, you don't think there was a need for federal funding after 9/11? MineralMan Mar 2015 #20

one more time: we're talking about a speech she gave the other day cali Mar 2015 #34

That's why she appears self-serving! Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #41

So you don't think Bush would have given federal aid to New York City if Hillary A Simple Game Mar 2015 #89

Gosh, I think pointing out that W would do that which current Republicans refuse to do paints Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #86

She didn't praise him. Badass Liberal Mar 2015 #100

Where is the �praise�? I see none. NYC Liberal Mar 2015 #149

Part of the problem is lack of compromise Jon82 Mar 2015 #44

Hillary won't be my first choice... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #200

Hillary, striving for that Warm, Purple Place namastea42 Mar 2015 #4

I'm sick of this shit! Hillary once again proving why she's not ready to be the Democratic nominee in 2016. Can't we do better? InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2015 #15

Yes we can! We can do better it is 2015 not the 90s awake Mar 2015 #68

Do you think Warren is ready to be the Democratic nominee in 2016. Yes we can do better, Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #82

What about Joe Biden awake Mar 2015 #87

Did I say it needs to be a woman? I look for qualifications, and yes Joe Biden is qualified. Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #97

Our party can only do better in 2016 with Joe in the race with Hillary awake Mar 2015 #105

I do not have a problem with Joe Biden or others getting into the primaries, I don't Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #203

I like Joe Biden. cheapdate Mar 2015 #151

I know that Clinton isn't who we need in 2016 Scootaloo Mar 2015 #201

Well who can win in the General? yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #156

Joe Biden awake Mar 2015 #178

Joe Biden will be called a centrist or corporatist, just as Obama is. MineralMan Mar 2015 #182

I was responding to the question "Well who can win in the General?" awake Mar 2015 #185

Anyone who runs. Scootaloo Mar 2015 #202

Well, the example she gave was of getting GWB to cooperate. MineralMan Mar 2015 #7

amazing isn't it. Her job was to help the state she was representing, and she is being criticized still_one Mar 2015 #12

It seems to me like some people are looking for anything they MineralMan Mar 2015 #17

Well she actually spoke to that Evil George Dubya Bush! treestar Mar 2015 #65

It's pretty amazing, I think. MineralMan Mar 2015 #92

bzzzt no. I am criticizing her for the gratuitous praise of W. cali Mar 2015 #18

right. you want money for your state so she should have insulted the President who could facilitate still_one Mar 2015 #29

that's ridiculous. You don't seem to grasp that the absense of praise is not cali Mar 2015 #39

this is a real big issue for you, is laughable still_one Mar 2015 #64

Can't we praise him when he did right? treestar Mar 2015 #66

And yet when I question your praise of the Pope, a bigoted anti choice activist, you say 'So sue me' Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #99

Could be interesting to see you two discuss this treestar Mar 2015 #108

You are making all of that up. I have, personally met two Popes and exhanged letters with a third. Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #120

But you're still saying the pope should never be praised treestar Mar 2015 #130

and you are right. although he does say good things they just don't outweigh cali Mar 2015 #181

For crying out loud we all know you would have asjr Mar 2015 #157

Yeah I think some people expect treestar Mar 2015 #63

She praised Kissenger G_j Mar 2015 #183

What did she praise? treestar Mar 2015 #192

Perhaps you need to know more about Kissinger G_j Mar 2015 #204

Hillary shoud have kicked W in the balls, because that would get her state more aid. JoePhilly Mar 2015 #37

what the fuck? So her not praising him in a speech 14 years after the fact cali Mar 2015 #42

Most Americans want a government that works towards compromise. JoePhilly Mar 2015 #47

lol. nice skirting of the point I made in my post. cali Mar 2015 #51

Which President of the other party should she have mentioned? JoePhilly Mar 2015 #56

It's always easy to back the favorite of the big money. Back Wall Street over rhett o rick Mar 2015 #196

Nobody is going to cooperate with anybody but all candidates need to pay homage to bipartisanship... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #104

Exactly! treestar Mar 2015 #69

Exactly. Andy823 Mar 2015 #90

She DID NOT "get" GWB to cooperate Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #22

It's still a poor example to use to attack Hillary Clinton. MineralMan Mar 2015 #24

Sorry she can't see her own self-serving interests Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #32

Worry less about me "personally" and focus on the topic Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #52

Oh, dear. You don't like my personal opinion. MineralMan Mar 2015 #57

Do as you choose. Just don't make it personal... TOS Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #62

How did I make anything personal, pray tell? MineralMan Mar 2015 #102

Well said. n/t zentrum Mar 2015 #27

Bush was self serving in that too treestar Mar 2015 #72

I agree, except the World Trade Center... Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #114

The WTC also contains many, many people who MineralMan Mar 2015 #150

It would be pretty unfortunate to be caught in a building ... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #158

I'd think so. MineralMan Mar 2015 #160

Well, yeah, defining folks by their occupations doesn't strike me as particularly nice or liberal... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #164

But, see...they worked in the WTC. MineralMan Mar 2015 #171

I am out to a movie...I might start a thread asking if it really possible for your occupation ... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #173

Yes, and includes the references to "Wall Street" we often see treestar Mar 2015 #193

If you get right down to it, most DUers MineralMan Mar 2015 #206

She sounds like she's trying to win an election nt geek tragedy Mar 2015 #8

If winning an election is about kissing some Bush ass. zeemike Mar 2015 #21

oh come on. She was asking for aid for New York who she represented as a senator. It was no still_one Mar 2015 #9

It's not what she did then that's the problem tularetom Mar 2015 #107

Does it give a warm and fuzzy to the Independents? yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #165

I guess we'll find out, won't we? tularetom Mar 2015 #191

The other Clinton's "compromise" got us NAFTA & the repeal of Glass-Steagal & 2008 Great Recession RiverLover Mar 2015 #10

Yup yup. "Reach across the aisle" is code for sell out to Rethugs. Enough is enough... InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2015 #19

Didn't Bill Clinton use to say... Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #23

As I think I will have to do a lot treestar Mar 2015 #75

The ACA is an example of what can be achieved by compromise. Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #11

Hillary "compromised" on the Iraq War Resolution Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #28

So did Kerry and Biden yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #166

Or he could have demanded "single payer or nothing". zeemike Mar 2015 #31

The votes were not there for a public option. Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #40

Um, not the case. Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #45

60-39 in the Senate to stop filibuster; Lieberman would not have voted for public option. Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #59

So Joe Liberman held us hostage? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #128

Yep. One of many reasons why the guy is unpopular here, to say the least (nt) Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #132

And the Democratic "leadership" was helpless? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #139

Each Senator is an individual treestar Mar 2015 #143

Ben Nelson too. The Democratic Senators had to give him a bunch of incentives to get his vote. yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #170

Indeed, I prefer the actual legislative history of the ACA's birth and it's success to the dreamed up history of it's failure. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #60

The Heritage Foundation & Republican Party.... bvar22 Mar 2015 #199

Fia enough but I think he stared with public option or nothing treestar Mar 2015 #77

The right wing fighting against ir is just "don't throw us in the brier patch" psy ops. zeemike Mar 2015 #110

no way the right wing got what they wanted treestar Mar 2015 #113

Well the insurance industry got what they wanted. zeemike Mar 2015 #122

It was a tawdry bribe for them to allow Obamacare to be passed. Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #136

Totally disagree treestar Mar 2015 #138

Does not matter how sick the people are they still are allowed to keep 30%. zeemike Mar 2015 #141

Yep. It was a simple bribe. Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #153

And once they have maxed that out Medicare is next. zeemike Mar 2015 #179

The mandate must have been for Democratic legislators JonLP24 Mar 2015 #106

My rates have gone up by over $1000 a year since ACA. And my benefits have decreased. Millions of us whereisjustice Mar 2015 #154

W's lack of zentrum Mar 2015 #26

Barf n/t hibbing Mar 2015 #30

Read the rest of the article. One of the 99 Mar 2015 #33

How many anti-Hillary OPs does it take to generate an acceptably liberal ... JoePhilly Mar 2015 #35

so we shouldn't criticize your beloved hillary because it's not cali Mar 2015 #43

Did I say you should stop your crusade ... oops ... I mean criticism? JoePhilly Mar 2015 #46

What is the DNC doing about grooming candidates? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #48

Why are you waiting for a group you hate to create this acceptably liberal candidate? JoePhilly Mar 2015 #54

Hate? I hate the DNC? really? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #61

Yet no answer to my actual question ... JoePhilly Mar 2015 #67

Why am I waiting? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #119

DLC has taken over the DNC. RiverLover Mar 2015 #70

The should call it the "hollowed" place, not hallowed Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #124

Did Howard Dean generate Obama out of the dust? treestar Mar 2015 #81

We are ultimately responsible for who we pick! treestar Mar 2015 #79

Are you patronizing me? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #115

Don't understand your response treestar Mar 2015 #117

So, who are "we" supporting? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #121

We can support anyone right now treestar Mar 2015 #133

OK, are you pro-Hillary? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #137

I never held my nose to vote for any Democrat. treestar Mar 2015 #140

It must be much more than have been posted on DU so far!!! treestar Mar 2015 #78

I wish I knew. I'd stay up all night to do it. morningfog Mar 2015 #186

Praising Dubya - Expect More Of This Third Way Claptrap Should HRC Become President cantbeserious Mar 2015 #36

She's praising GWB because he didn't make her fight, lol. closeupready Mar 2015 #38

Ceremonial niceties DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #49

Well, she sure was bi-partisan in supporting and voting for Bush's wars. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #53

+1 Oilwellian Mar 2015 #123

The enemies are the Christofascists, not the Clintons......FOCUS, or be divided and conquered. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #55

Third Way "New Democrats" divided us, and it all began with The Clintons RiverLover Mar 2015 #84

Sorry, in some ways the Clintons have been the enemy. NAFTA cali Mar 2015 #152

Are we supposed to just grin and take one for the blue team again? hedda_foil Mar 2015 #58

Extremists don't compromise. cheyanne Mar 2015 #71

And when Bush said give me the AUMF to destroy Iraq that had no WMDs Geronimoe Mar 2015 #73

And YET�. Mrs. Clinton wasn't under a rock when at the State Dept... MrMickeysMom Mar 2015 #74

As if Android3.14 Mar 2015 #76

The art of compromise, indeed - Hill praises the man whose criminal negligence led to 9/11. leveymg Mar 2015 #80

Nominating her will be the suicide of the Democratic Party. nt LittleBlue Mar 2015 #83

Yep. /nt RiverLover Mar 2015 #91

^^^^^^^^^ ~ THIS ~ ^^^^^^^^^ NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #127

So a "third party" is an option?!? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #134

I would love to see Hillary Clinton run on a third party ticket.... NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #142

+1 lol, excellent idea, besides that's probably where her email is being hosted whereisjustice Mar 2015 #169

The multimillionaires who run the party win either way - closeupready Mar 2015 #184

I'm Shocked! 2banon Mar 2015 #85

By this definition Obama praised Ronald Reagan when he ran for President n/t Tom Rinaldo Mar 2015 #88

Here is Obama in Time Magazine, praising Tom Coburn voluntarily... Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #111

Ever notice that they do not have trouble with bi-partisanship when it is a bill to free up Dustlawyer Mar 2015 #93

Food stamps had popular support...George MCGovern and Bob Dole were its biggest proponents DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #109

That was a reasonable statement. Badass Liberal Mar 2015 #94

How about even ONE example of a Republican saying similar things about Bill Clinton or eridani Mar 2015 #95

How difficult could it have been for George W. Bush? JonLP24 Mar 2015 #96

If Hillary was reaching across the aisle, she very well may have been reaching to Democrats. Scuba Mar 2015 #98

Let's not forget she voted for Bush's War in Iraqi awake Mar 2015 #101

Post removed Post removed Mar 2015 #103

Ha! Oilwellian Mar 2015 #129

Since I can't respond to your pal who got a hide what is a "premature organism"? DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #148

Hillary Warhawk Clinton is running as the Anti-Obama: "Republicans? She'll Work With 'Em!" NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #116

Barack Obama on Tom Coburn, in Time Magazine, 2013..... Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #126

she praises bush, obama acts like bush. where the outrage over that lol nt msongs Mar 2015 #118

I'm getting a kick out of your pro-Clinton posts. /nt AtomicKitten Mar 2015 #188

W's idea of a compromise is anthrax. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #125

trying to get RW votes? heaven05 Mar 2015 #131

As well she should! KansDem Mar 2015 #135

Ahahahahah and holy shit, she's recycling the "reach across the aisle" bullshit, or as centrists say whereisjustice Mar 2015 #144

... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #155

Hillary is a Republcan-lite woman. Can't trust her anymore. TRoN33 Mar 2015 #145

That�s it? That�s the �praise� claimed in the headline? NYC Liberal Mar 2015 #146

Of all the leaders worthy of emulation? She chose GW Bush. That is the fact you are denying. whereisjustice Mar 2015 #159

There was no �emulating� anyone. She was discussing her own ability to reach across the aisle. NYC Liberal Mar 2015 #162

This message was self-deleted by its author NYC Liberal Mar 2015 #163

Just like Bush compromised the truth about Iraq resulting in slaughter of 100,000 people whereisjustice Mar 2015 #147

For a few short days in the aftermath of 9-11... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #161

I'm old enough to remember Ted Kennedy praising George Wallace DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #167

Do you have a link to the speech where he allegedly praised Wallace? Zorra Mar 2015 #174

That's all that exists on the internet... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #195

I live in NYC and said nice things about Bush after 9/11. Nearly choked on it but I did. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #168

Of all the people in the world to emulate, is GW Bush her first choice? Is she running as Repub? whereisjustice Mar 2015 #172

Oh she said something off thr top of her head. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #176

I don't see anything about emulation of Dubya treestar Mar 2015 #194

Sounds like Obama's praise of Bush* and bipartisanship eom TransitJohn Mar 2015 #177

also from the Time article guillaumeb Mar 2015 #180

More compromise means another step backwards. Way to go Hill!!!!! glinda Mar 2015 #187

Thirdwayer's idea of a compromise: Baitball Blogger Mar 2015 #189

lol - Conservative Democrats are now lining up to praise GW Bush. Hillary's lurch to the whereisjustice Mar 2015 #197

She said when she started her non-campaign that she'll be more appeasing than Obama Doctor_J Mar 2015 #198

She also loves Kissinger. She cam kiss R butt all she wants, they still won't like her peacebird Mar 2015 #205

K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2015 #207

W. and Kissinger are war criminals in my book JEB Mar 2015 #208