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In reply to the discussion: The Ideologically Pure Ruin US Politics [View all]Gloria
(17,663 posts)110. Seems very relevant to DU at this time.
Over the last few months, has DU has tipped from being a balanced site to being, according to the poll I just voted in, "progressive".
I consider myself a progressive, but apparently not by DU standards....I guess I've worked on a lot of campaigns and that sort of stuff for too long and have gained a certain maturity about politics. I guess I'm too old for DU now....
I was gone for a long while, came back, but sensing that it's really not a safe haven for ALL sometimes...
Simplistic really doesn't work in the long run, never has...
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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