Why we can't have nice things

[luvtheGWN]

15. All too often, folks tend to forget

that politics is usually defined as the art of compromise. As ccl says, it's dangerous (in both the short and long terms) to let the quest for perfection blind us to what is ultimately achievable (or good).

Consider how we all feel about the far-right, the rabid evangelicals, the quiver full movement, the Dominionists. We call them extreme, don't we? And we call them cults.

Now apply that description to those progressives who denounce various congress critters who vote against just one of many Democratic policies. Or those who firmly reject any compromise. They don't understand politics, they certainly don't understanding the art of governing, and IMHO, they are no better than the reichwing.

I remember listening to an interview programme on NPR a couple of weeks before the US election. Three were interviewed, all in their 20's. Two were voting for Jill Stein, the other for Hillary. The Stein voters both claimed that Hillary was too conservative.

Well, look where that got them.....