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In reply to the discussion: Obama said, "I'm prepared to make a whole range of compromises" [View all]renie408
(9,854 posts)So, it stands to reason that BEING like them isn't something I aspire to.
'Compromise' really ISN'T a dirty word. It can mean working cooperatively toward a mutual goal. For awhile now Republicans and Democrats have been sold that we want opposite things. That isn't true. We all want the same things. We all want security, opportunity, health care, food on the table and a roof over our heads. We have different ideas on how to go about getting those things. Republican leaders, in an effort to scare their voters into never EVER considering voting for a Democrat, have spent a lot of time and money screaming that Dems want something entirely different...to tear down America, to install a socialist government, blah blah blah. But no, we just want those same things everybody wants.
If everybody wants basically the same thing and have two different ideas about how to get to those things AND getting ANYWHERE depends on some level of cooperation...there is going to be some compromise somewhere. Realistically we aren't getting the House, the Senate AND the White House. Without compromise, exactly what the reporter was saying will happen: We will be stuck with another four years of nothing getting done.
Plus, it may have slipped past some people here...BUT THE MAN IS TRYING TO GET RE-ELECTED. "I refuse to budge one inch to work with the other side." would probably not be a smart thing to say. Right now one of the biggest arguments against the GOP is that they do not cooperate.