Can’t Compromise with Republicans
One of the reasons why I opposed Barack Obama in the primary was because he strongly believes in compromise. While I also believe in the spirit of compromise, I realize that there is a time to compromise and a time not to compromise. Obama is always trying to compromise and that doesn’t work too well when the other side is never willing to compromise.
One example of this is with the torture photos. Progresses like myself have been pushing to have transparency and for them to be released while the Republicans wanted to keep them hidden claiming that the photos put our soldiers in danger. Of course it was what the photos depicted which puts our soldiers in harms way, but that isn’t the point. The point is that Obama “compromised” and didn’t release the photos. Guess what the Republicans did? They criticized him anyway. So they got what hey wanted and were still not happy.
Last week, I talked about the Palin/Letterman feud and this week Letterman under pressure from his network no doubt caved in and apologized just as Palin wanted him to. He made a very sincere apology too. No joke. Guess what? The Republicans still protested his studio yesterday despite his Monday night apology. The fact is that it didn’t matter that David Letterman had to look like an idiot and apologize for something he shouldn’t have to apologize for in the first place. It didn’t make any difference. There is no compromise with these fanatics.
The fact is that the Republicans lost the last two elections in a big way. They lost because their economic ideas suck and their religious fanatics have made their party look ignorant and stupid. Republicans today don’t seem to have any good ideas on anything and that is why they concern themselves with trivial issues like Obama’s dinner date to New York and Letterman’s jokes. Maybe if they spend more time working out real compromises with the President and less time whining about Cheney’s hurt feelings over the CIA director’s comment that Cheney “almost wishes for another terrorist attack” they might actually win some elections again. For now though, I don’t think anyone should be trying to initiate a compromise with a Republicans on anything. We don’t need their votes on anything, so the time for compromise is over.
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