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kpete

(72,028 posts) Wed Feb 5, 2020, 11:39 AM Feb 2020

Democrats shouldn't be chumps. That's why this liberal is giving up on compromise for now.

The time for give and take has passed

Those days are gone. Our current political impasse runs so deep, and one would-be compromise partner is so recalcitrant, that I've given up hope for the near term that the Democrats and Republicans can work together on the country’s urgent challenges. With the fate of our democracy and planet at stake — sorry, that's not hyperbole — would-be conciliators can't afford to continue extending olive branches only to have them shoved back in our faces.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/02/04/saving-democracy-earth-more-important-than-compromise-column/4645462002/

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Democrats shouldn't be chumps. That's why this liberal is giving up on compromise for now. (Original Post) kpete Feb 2020 OP

More from your link UpInArms Feb 2020 #1

I often wonder how the US and the world would be different if Obama had stood up to in2herbs Feb 2020 #2

We would not be in this Shit show. Wellstone ruled Feb 2020 #3

UpInArms

(51,285 posts)

1. More from your link

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Feb 5, 2020, 12:00 PM

Feb 2020

Then there’s President Donald Trump and the danger he poses to both our institutions of democracy and our ability to confront the growing threat of climate disaster. If Republicans are going to continue making Trump loyalty their highest priority — higher than protecting the rule of law that he disdains, higher than abiding by the constitutional checks and balances that he smashes, higher than the fidelity to truth and facts that he mocks, higher than addressing a global environmental crisis he does not understand — how can Democrats treat them as negotiating partners?

in2herbs

(2,947 posts)

2. I often wonder how the US and the world would be different if Obama had stood up to

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Feb 5, 2020, 12:11 PM

Feb 2020

McTurtle just before the election and exposed the forthcoming election fraud. But, we'll never know. I guess it's the consequence of a centrist decision whose default position is compromise.

Don't attack me cuz I voted for Obama both times, but his decision on this matter shows how harmful it is to go along to get along.

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

3. We would not be in this Shit show.

Reply to in2herbs (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 5, 2020, 01:08 PM

Feb 2020

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