That bolded piece is why things have gone so wrong (Reply #1)

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Sun May 8, 2016, 06:35 AM

1. That bolded piece is why things have gone so wrong

Republicans went hardcore in being uncompromising toward the end of the 90's and it's a huge part of why things are as partisan as they are these days. With all the shutdowns, threats, and intransigence, it's crazy.

Seeing a growing segment of the left acting the same way is utterly disheartening. Politics is about compromise.

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61 replies	Author	Time	Post
"You will enjoy a certain moral security"---Check your privilege. [View all]	msanthrope	May 2016	OP
That bolded piece is why things have gone so wrong	Blue_Adept	May 2016	#1
Load. Of. crap.	Adrahil	May 2016	#41
Thanks for disagreeing so respectfully!	Blue_Adept	May 2016	#59
Message auto-removed	Name removed	May 2016	#2
Thanks for making the President's point about votes, not hashtags.	msanthrope	May 2016	#5
K&R	betsuni	May 2016	#3
The Big "O" is cautioning a particular segment of the Left against using the uncompromising	Trust Buster	May 2016	#4
Message auto-removed	Name removed	May 2016	#6
That attitude will only lead to more years of paralysis in Washington.	Trust Buster	May 2016	#7
Message auto-removed	Name removed	May 2016	#8
"the sane category as the Tea Party" - I don't believe "sane" applies to the TP in any context	DrDan	May 2016	#15
True, but...	Chan790	May 2016	#9
What, precisely, do you think HRC needs to compromise on to win	msanthrope	May 2016	#10
This message was self-deleted by its author	rjsquirrel	May 2016	#14
Yup	Armstead	May 2016	#38
You convinced me, you sweet talker, you.	Buns_of_Fire	May 2016	#57
This message was self-deleted by its author	rjsquirrel	May 2016	#58
I want her to be explicit that she rejects Oligarchy and Trickle Down	Schema Thing	May 2016	#18
Okay.. .these are slogans, not policies. Talk actually policies. nt	msanthrope	May 2016	#22
wtf? Those ARE NOT SLOGANS	Schema Thing	May 2016	#25
Sadly, the Clinton Machine's apologists...	NewImproved Deal	May 2016	#30
Down with Oligarchy is a slogan. Kindly show which part of her economic	msanthrope	May 2016	#43
I won't raise taxes even a little on anyone making 250k is not a slogan though, is it?	Schema Thing	May 2016	#53
She has said many times that trickle economics doesn't work...	Adrahil	May 2016	#42
Representative Government. We have it, some don't seem to know what it is.	Lucinda	May 2016	#11
And Obama formerly claimed that denial of LGBT marriage rights in favor of 'civil unions' was	Bluenorthwest	May 2016	#12
And that those who oppose torture are "sanctimonious". Thanks, but I'll look elsewhere for	Doctor_J	May 2016	#17
Hooray for capitulation!	99Forever	May 2016	#13
People parading their amorality as if it were a virtue is a relatively new thing.	lumberjack_jeff	May 2016	#16
You see....using the extreme term "amorality" to describe thinking different from yours	msanthrope	May 2016	#21
He was talking to the next generation of very serious people.	lumberjack_jeff	May 2016	#23
Dude. He was at Howard. Kinda puts a pin in your outrage balloon, no? nt	msanthrope	May 2016	#44
Thanks for the correction. nt	lumberjack_jeff	May 2016	#48
But Sanders fans think Obama is part of "the problem".	baldguy	May 2016	#19
Thus, the South was lost to Bernie. nt	msanthrope	May 2016	#20
It's lost to Clinton too.	lumberjack_jeff	May 2016	#24
How so? She'll win the nomination because of those southern delegates . . .	brush	May 2016	#35
It is always the process that seems to be a mystery to some here....	bettyellen	May 2016	#55
He is	Mnpaul	May 2016	#52
Obama has always been excellent at the strawman premise.	aikoaiko	May 2016	#26
Oh, stop it! "Comprimise" is just as much a dirty word to Sanders fans as it is the Tea Baggers.	baldguy	May 2016	#28
It is a dirty word when you use it to try to justify an agenda that is for the big money backers	Skwmom	May 2016	#31
Not really. You're confounding uncompromising principles with not being able to negotiate	aikoaiko	May 2016	#36
I agree with what he said 100 percent -- And I support Sanders	Armstead	May 2016	#27
^^^ and as long as Obama is pushing bad trade deals	Kittycat	May 2016	#34
The primary decides if a position is ours or the pukes, not ideological opinions.	BootinUp	May 2016	#37
That's a large box to unpack...	Armstead	May 2016	#40
Thank you. Too many people get all balled up in the idea that "Sanders can't do	Nay	May 2016	#50
I am trying to debate about the big picture here	BootinUp	May 2016	#60
Maybe Pres Obama is struggling to come to grips with his own actions. Then again, maybe not. I've	Skwmom	May 2016	#29
I should care because he's president?	whatchamacallit	May 2016	#32
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. Thomas Paine	Tierra_y_Libertad	May 2016	#33
This is the guy that ended up a self-exiled, penniless drunkard, right?	baldguy	May 2016	#47
And?	Tierra_y_Libertad	May 2016	#49
And what? Isn't that enough?	baldguy	May 2016	#51
There are no facts, only interpretations. Friedrich Nietzsche	Tierra_y_Libertad	May 2016	#56
Go tell it to the marginalized and the poor.	mmonk	May 2016	#39
WOW, Says the supporters of HRH Queen Hillary	beedle	May 2016	#45
That speech was just a Job interview.	TimPlo	May 2016	#46
is this a variation of: "take baby steps..." even if you have been walking and running for years?	islandmkl	May 2016	#54
Yes, Hillary voters should check their privilege	Dems to Win	May 2016	#61

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