Republicans cannot be reasoned with nor compromised with. Period
If you haven’t, read this post by Alby. It is the most important post of the year so far. The anecdote is stunning.
The notion that Republicans cannot be reasoned with nor compromised with is not new to DL readers, but we need a broader awakening. We still have many elected officials who think that there is trying to find “the middle” when dealing with these zealots is a virtue. It is not a virtue. It is a suicide pact.
Republicans have dung in. They have fixed themselves on a platform of easily disproven lies. If the DEGOP says “2+2=6” They are wrong. And when Democrats like John Carney and Lisa Blunt Rochester want to meet Republicans halfway and claim that 2+2 equals 5, they are not less wrong. They are simply wrong.
Similarly, when Republicans and Democrats like John Carney and Lisa Blunt Rochester say that dealing with climate change must accommodate the needs of the fossil fuel industry, they are simply wrong.
Progressive Democrats need to defeat Republicans while taking on accommodationist Democrats.
The upcoming elections are vital. We must seek and support candidates who understand that compromise is out of the question. We must not waste time and energy trying to persuade the unpersuadable.
Support Democrats who are loud & proud at all times. Support Democrats who press an unequivocal Democratic message at all times. Anything less is surrender.
It’s like dementia, you cannot reason with them, to even try is a waste of time. The Republicans have been fighting an undeclared war ever since Reagan, despite repeated warnings many Dems have done nothing. Carney, Coons and Carper come to mind as do far too many others. As noted not only must the DINOS be removed and true Democrats installed but we must be “loud and proud” in our support of our agenda and what we want for America.
Those accommodationist Dems you mention Carney, Coons, and Carper. Funny how they are so eager to compromise with Republicans but they never think of meeting liberals halfway on anything.
Can anybody say Bizarro World? This sounds exactly like the old Christine O’Donnell/Tea party crowd from times best forgotten. I never realized that the political pendulum had such precision.
I think you’re missing the point. People who would rather die than compromise cannot be bargained with. That’s the point.
He is intentionally missing the point.
“You are the liberal tea party” is a trusty Chris Coons talking point these days.
Nobody even knows what the fuck he’s on about. In a community of lower order animals he would have been killed and eaten as the runt of the litter. He’s so stupid it’s a liability for all of us.
I thought some progressives wanted to use the Tea Party as a model. Different ideology but similar tactics.
You can’t say that they weren’t successful in moving the GOP to the right. So I guess there are superficial similarities.