it's certainly not fair to people like nancy pelosi. or for that matter anybody who has had to put up with this nonsense for so long, since all the eliminationist rhetoric in the world will magically disappear if one guy says something nice and you can produce an eight year-old picture of a guy calling george bush hitler.
the republican party has gone out of its way to make debate and compromise impossible. when you convince everyone who votes for you that "the other guy" literally murders babies and wants to sell all the nascars to china, do you think they want you to compromise? there can be no compromise with mortal enemies. they set themselves up to defend irrational positions and needlessly obstruct and distort the entire government process. "nancy pelosi is okay in person" doesn't undo any of that.
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Date: 12/4/10 14:56 (UTC)it's certainly not fair to people like nancy pelosi. or for that matter anybody who has had to put up with this nonsense for so long, since all the eliminationist rhetoric in the world will magically disappear if one guy says something nice and you can produce an eight year-old picture of a guy calling george bush hitler.
the republican party has gone out of its way to make debate and compromise impossible. when you convince everyone who votes for you that "the other guy" literally murders babies and wants to sell all the nascars to china, do you think they want you to compromise? there can be no compromise with mortal enemies. they set themselves up to defend irrational positions and needlessly obstruct and distort the entire government process. "nancy pelosi is okay in person" doesn't undo any of that.