David Brooks nails it: "Surrendering to armies that don't exist"

[scheming daemons]

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"So the myth returns. Just months after the election and the humiliation, everyone is again convinced that Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity and the rest possess real power. And the saddest thing is that even Republican politicians come to believe it. They mistake media for reality. They pre-emptively surrender to armies that don't exist."
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[xchrom]

1. boy -- send that line to the Blue Dogs...

'They pre-emptively surrender to armies that don't exist."

[zonkers]

2. Surrendering to non existent armies. That nails it. But simply identifying the problem

does not solve it.

[bemildred]

3. Straw men are very useful.

They make good excuses for what you really want to do anyway, but don't want to admit.

[HughMoran]

4. I'm loving it...

The only thing worse than the Democrats attempts to be "bipartisan" is the Republicans worshiping at the alter of Satan - it's friggin' hilarious!