The Republicans are not your friends. Now I know you may think you are all buddy buddy with them, having a nice lunch or outing on the golf course. Discussing legislative "solutions" over tea or brunch, But they are not your friends no matter how nice they may seem at work. Lets take a closer look at who you are dealing with.
Aderholt, Robert AL-04: Fear mongering about taxes.
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Akin, Todd MO-02: Bigot and homophobe
http://www.youtube.com/...
Alexander, Rodney LA-05: fear mongering and making misleading statements about health care reform.
http://www.youtube.com/...
Austria, Steve OH-07: Ignorant of historical fact. And being a not so nice person.
http://en.wikipedia.org/...
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Bachmann, Michele MN-06: just plain crazy
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Originally I was going to go through the entire republican caucus, but after doing the first five I couldn't stomach anymore of the sheer bigotry, ignorance, craziness and just plain stupidity displayed by these people.
These are the people you want to compromise with. People who can't even get their basic facts straight. People who have stabbed you in the back the second you get up from that nice lunch and turned your back.
take Five minutes and google that Republican congress person you think is your friend and a decent guy. You will most likely be surprised at some of the things he/she has said or done when not around you.
And think about this for a minute. If they really believe the things that come out of their mouths they are bigots, ignorant asses or both. If they don't really believe them, then they are craven opportunists who will say anything to stay in power. Either way they really are not people you should want to be friends with or even really associate with unless you have to.
And yet you insist these people need to be accommodated and compromised with. You don't accommodate or compromise with a spoiled child or someone who has their facts wrong. That leads to really bad things happening and that is exactly what you are proposing we do.
So wake up. I realize you need to work with these people, but that doesn't mean you have to coddle them. Until they can accept the real world as it is and not as they want it to be, you need to stand up to them. Because by accommodating them and letting them have their way just perpetuates the insanity.