formerroadie

Amazing. The Republicans, the party of no and won't, are continually ignoring the American people and doing everything they can to hold up and block Obama. I think it's time we ignore them and move forward. There is no reason to have them on board for health care reform. We don't need them and frankly neither does our country. Go away McCain. Go away Republicans. If you can't come up with better ideas for our country than the same ol same ol, then just quit, go home, become private citizens, and let people who have a vision for the future do their jobs. The republicans have done little to reach across the aisle.

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Goshin

Hyperpartisan much?

I didn't like Bush because he bent over backwards to compromise with the Left far more than I thought there was any call for.

So far Obama isn't showing anything remotely like that level of "bipartisanship". It's a legitimate complaint. McCain was a lot more polite about it than I would be.

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formerroadie

Hyperbole much? I say the Republicans have said no far too much and aren't willing to work for the majority of the people. They are gross examples of public servants and should be fired. The fact that any of them got voted in again is beyond commonsense.

Goshin

Yup, hyperpartisan.


Personally I say a plague on both their houses. It's a pipe dream but I'd like to see the Libertarians have a turn in the Big House.

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formerroadie

Oh, I don't claim to be bi-partisan. Republicans are ***holes. . I have no clue why people think having a platform and ideology is a problem. I'm a former Republican that cannot stand my former party who dishes out the crap load that McCain just handed out. Obama has done what he can and Republicans have been reactionary as usual.

Libertarians are Anarchists light. I don't want commoners to have free reign, especially where I live. They would just kill each other and be selfish and practice their stupid ass social darwinism. Sorry, I don't buy it.

Dav

Yeah, I don't think anyone was worried about that.

How dare they have opinions contrary to your own!

The problem is being so binded to that platform and ideology that you pathologically ignore everything that opposes it. You are a perfect example of that.

Extremists tend to switch to the other extreme when they switch. The political compass really is sort of a circle.

In some respects, Republicans have been not nearly reactionary enough, in my opinion.

You really didn't need to prove your elitism here, I had already deduced it....

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TheNextEra

It's silly to blame Obama for non-bipartisanship.

Congress is the playing field where bi-partisanship is played, not the presidency.

When Obama starts Vetoing bills that are bi-partisan, THEN I will say he for non-bi-partisanship.

Otherwise, keep the blame where it should be and that is the congress playground.

If you want to say congress is non-bi-partisan, knock yourself out, you'll have more of a shot than blaming Obama.

Dav

So tell me,
When Bush's propositions turned out to have little to no support among Dems, did you blame the Dems in Congress for the lack of bipartisanship? Just curious is all.

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Redress

I may be a liberal, but some of my favorite people, and some of my favorite posters on this board are republicans and conservatives. Let's be careful of the name calling please.

When Bush had the WH and the congress, I did not hear alot of sympathy from the right for the lack of power democrats had. I don't feel bad now when the situation is reversed.

angrycarpenter

I think it is time for a post partisan America. There should be things everyone can agree on if they would just educate themselves on the issues and not look to others for how they should feel about an issue. There is nothing wrong with having a political philosophy but it should never be clung to like a religious faith and those who oppose your philosophy are almost never out to ruin America, no one wants that.
Too many times it comes down to the argument of what is more important, people or money. That seems to be the unsolvable riddle at the core of all this strife.