Dickieboy
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Since you gave an intelligent response, without resorting to getting personal, you deserve a response back from me. BTW, thanx.
When the Democrats attempted to ram a hard left agenda down the throats of Americans, America responded, and Jimmy Carter got the ass whipping of his life. Since then, until 2006, America trended Conservatively. That could all change if Republicans keep attempting to ram their own extremist agenda down the throats of Americans. The majority of Americans are MODERATELY CONSERVATIVE TO MODERATE. This is why they are turned off by the slash and burn tactics that the GOP is engaging in. For Christ sake, this is not about party, Republican or Democrat. It's about the country. OK, so Obama beat Romney by 4%. That tells me Republicans are in no position to push. They MUST compromise the best they can or else they will be the ones to blame when we go over that fiscal cliff. Bush beat Kerry by about 2%, and then claimed a mandate. You can't have this both ways. It won't work. You will lose, and lose hard.
Again, there is logic to your post. I too subscribe to the political pendulum theology. True the pendulum had swung the Conservatives’ way until ’06. Then the Democrats took Congress then the WH in ’08 THEN ‘rammed’ though healthcare, good or bad is yet to be seen. I believe the PPACA forced the pendulum back to the GOP for the ’10 elections. This past November appears to have been the pendulum in midstroke…but which way it goes in ’14 is still uncertain…as we both have previously stated.
Yes, they must compromise but unfortunately the ideas currently on the table amount to trying to pay a $100 tab by throwing pennies at it or merely ‘platitude-ing’ it to death …as you said ‘It’s about the country’…but our electoral options have been incredibly limited, on both sides, and considering the figurative hari kari (often imposed by VARIOUS media sources) associated with seeking public office I predict our choices to remain challenged.