Posted 30 March 2021 - 09:55 AM
andydp, on 30 March 2021 - 08:55 AM, said:
I'm glad they learned from the Obama years not to try and "play nice". Just get the stuff done without the "B" team. Bonus points: I love watching the (usual) GOP (suspects) squirm and complain about it.
Of course the inability to advance any legislation because of trying to hold out for bipartisan cooperation via compromises, concessions, etc. with a completely intransigent opposition is exactly why some casual observers form the silly notion that "both parties are the same" and both parties won't help the people.
It is about f*cking time the Dems follow LFC's line in his sig, "That's the problem with being implacable foes - no one has any incentive to treat you as anything more than an obstacle to be overcome" and treat the GOP as little more than that obstacle to overcome. Should have started doing it back in Gingrich's day. GOP delenda est.
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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
1995
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Second inaugural address January, 1937
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