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In reply to the discussion: The Ideologically Pure Ruin US Politics [View all]CajunBlazer
(5,648 posts)50. You don't start negotiations from a position of weakness
You don't offer to give away the farm with your first position. However, if the objective is to to keep the Social Security system strong, perhaps we should be willing to offer that perhaps folks like me who don't need a SS check a much as those who are less fortunate should get less than the are getting now.
Negotiation is not about selling one's soul, it is about finding practical solutions to real problems.
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What I am getting out of this is that we lefties are just as bad as the Tea Party,
djean111
Aug 2015
#2
The false equivalency of they moved Right, we moved Left, and therein is the lock up.
Eleanors38
Aug 2015
#77
Compromise comes from a position of strength. Democrats aren't in that position.
Eleanors38
Aug 2015
#92
You're right, ane the America voting public is getting tired of their BS and....
CajunBlazer
Aug 2015
#76
You were asked a question which you should answer or self delete your OP. Responding to a question
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2015
#10
So you still refuse to answer MY question. So what "kind of person" does that
CharlotteVale
Aug 2015
#14
Only by compromising principles and selling-out can we make America great!
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#9
You don't have to necociate away your core beliefs to effective in Congress
CajunBlazer
Aug 2015
#56
What's hypocritical is we're the ones you won't compromise and negotiate with. You have set us
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#61
I never said that YOU won't compomise, but if the shoe fits, by all means wear it (n/t)
CajunBlazer
Aug 2015
#63
Gladly. Show us this vaunted willingness to compromise you extol. Show us how you will
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#64
Okay, let's start with you supplying a list of important issues confronting the Congress...
CajunBlazer
Aug 2015
#66
Except I'm not the one extolling compromise. You are. You're here telling us how bad we are
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#69
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. Thomas Paine
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2015
#13
“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. John F. Kennedy
CajunBlazer
Aug 2015
#16
Negotiation is all very nice, but what to do when the vote is called for?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2015
#18
Respectfully, the Democratic Party fears the Far Right, and has for some time...
Eleanors38
Aug 2015
#75
Since when do Republicans want to make "constructive" changes to the ACA? And when
CharlotteVale
Aug 2015
#32
How does one compromise on raising the min wage with someone who thinks there shouldn't be one? nt
Electric Monk
Aug 2015
#48
Noooo, they *contradict* your point. But that is sort of what you wanted, wasn't it?
sibelian
Aug 2015
#102
Democrats in Congress have moved towards the left. Bullshit on its' face. Ignore is my friend
Vincardog
Aug 2015
#27
Let's try to keep the conversation respectable - besides your statement is not true
CajunBlazer
Aug 2015
#37
Most of the Arguments made so far are identical to those made by arch conservatives
CajunBlazer
Aug 2015
#28
You have no arguments. Just insults. The only reason you came here was to
CharlotteVale
Aug 2015
#33
You do understand that every compromise moves the center a little more to the right
tularetom
Aug 2015
#35
Then perhaps you an explain why Bill Clinton's current approval rating is 67% (n/t)
CajunBlazer
Aug 2015
#53
More "both sides do it" nonsense. It's not about purity, it's about principle. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Aug 2015
#34
I can't disagree that the Republicans are responsible for most of the gridlock in Washington
CajunBlazer
Aug 2015
#45
If it isn't too much trouble, please try to explain it to someone like me who isn't very bright....
CajunBlazer
Aug 2015
#67
Totally misses the mark, It's not the so called "purity" anything. It's the Corruption & Dishonesty
2banon
Aug 2015
#94
Newsflash: Radical Centrism has been the prevailing ideology since Triangulation
leveymg
Aug 2015
#101