08-06-2022, 07:04 PM
(08-06-2022, 03:28 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Let's ask Bernie how becoming a Dem helped him become POTUS... er maybe we shouldn't...
From my perspective, Both sides are in more of a Extremism vs Extremism media fueled battle. The result is hyper partisanship that has caused the current dysfunctional Congress. So bad that neither will say yes to anything the other offers up.
Anyways, i messed up my political pro-noun. I'm Moderate, not progressive. My type tends to be progressive on Social issues and Conservative on fiscal issues.
Give it some time and things will swing back to more middle ground, politics cycles like this from time to time.
You saw the backlash the Extremists got on the Veteran's bill from inside the party. As I said, only a matter of time before it crashes down on the extremists that have been pushing it lately.
One side has the extremists running the party and the other side has moderates running the party with extremists not happy with them for it. This is not the battle you think it is. The Overton Window has skewed it all.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
