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Monday, September 15, 2014

Why Republicans Should Never Play Nice with Democrats

Democrats routinely deride Republicans as extremists bent on coarsening the discourse. In January 2014, in the same interview in which he infamously claimed that ISIS was a “jayvee” team, President Obama blamed conservative media for polarizing the country:

The issue has been the inability of my message to penetrate the Republican base so that they feel persuaded that I’m not the caricature that you see on Fox News or Rush Limbaugh, but I’m somebody who is interested in solving problems and is pretty practical, and that, actually, a lot of the things we’ve put in place worked better than people might think.

Castigating Republicans as unreasonable rhetoricians interested only in pandering to their base has become the entire Democratic 2014 campaign strategy. If the GOP will not work with Obama because they are cruel and nasty, the logic goes, the only solution is to vote them out of Congress.

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4 comments:

Bob Aswell - Taxpayer said...

Who said they were there to PLAY? I thought good government fair and equitable for all people came from a lot of overtime and elbow grease. They`re,it seems to be, there to line their OWN pockets and the coffers of corporate interests that donate to their PAC's and re-election campaigns. Note to self: DO NOT vote for anyone allready IN office. Bob Aswell

Anonymous said...

If they can't get it done, what they promise, then it is time for someone else! We have two options and only one is viable. First is term limits - won't happen due to the financial wealth of being in office brings. Second if they are an incumbent vote them out and get fresh new ideas in to solve the issues at hand!

Anonymous said...

Voters can enforce term limits - only if they get out on out-vote the entitlists!

Anonymous said...

The audacity of taupe!