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In reply to the discussion: We need to get the vitriol out of politics. [View all]HangOnKids
(4,291 posts)6. Maybe Politics Isn't For You
It doesn't appear you get this crux of the biscuit.
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I think also the fact that lawmakers would face withering criticism from their own side
OceanEcosystem
Feb 2013
#4
What other "compromises" should the Democrats make in your opinion? nt
Guy Whitey Corngood
Feb 2013
#9
Sir! Could you please cool it with the violent rhetoric? I believe "BOOM" implies some kind of
Guy Whitey Corngood
Feb 2013
#36
"They need us divided into our Red and Blue teams and full of visceral hatred for each other."
NCTraveler
Feb 2013
#16
You're replying to someone who thinks students should be able to turn in papers on creationism
Guy Whitey Corngood
Feb 2013
#8
I'm not sure people should be Miss Manners over evil policies/wars/torture/lies/propaganda/etc.
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#10
I'd prefer that we get the money out of politics. It's been around as long as the vitriol.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2013
#18
Bull. You must not know any Democrats on Social Security...we know the game being played. nt.
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#34
What are you ten? We've bent over backward so far that we've become who they were a decade ago
TheKentuckian
Feb 2013
#39
The point is, though, that most of the real vitriol seems to be on the Right
LeftishBrit
Feb 2013
#47