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imanamerican63

(13,776 posts)
Sat Jan 20, 2018, 01:57 PM Jan 2018

You give them an inch? They take a foot!

You give them a yard? They move the end zone! Then they say that our team is not the ones playing by the rules? Wow! They are playing the same game as they did when Obama was in office! Pathetic political gamble?

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You give them an inch? They take a foot! (Original Post) imanamerican63 Jan 2018 OP
that is because the gop had gotten used to the fact drray23 Jan 2018 #1

drray23

(7,627 posts)
1. that is because the gop had gotten used to the fact
Sat Jan 20, 2018, 02:16 PM
Jan 2018

that at the end, the dems would fold wanting to act responsibly or being scared of not bulging.
What the dems did last night wad hugely important and not just on the issues. It signals to the gop that they wont go along getting bullied anymore and that if they want yo get bills passed they will have to actually work for it and reach compromises. That is how it used to work, its about yime we get back to it.

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