08-01-2017, 12:54 PM
(08-01-2017, 09:45 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Exactly my point. It won't happen, it's got as close to zero chance of happening without being zero as you can get, hence my claim of extreme hyperbole.
See, this is what I don't get about Trump opponents. Narcissists are very easy to manipulate, hence the Dem strategy towards him, utter and complete opposition, strikes me as counter-productive to their stated objectives. A little careful flattery, working with him on less harmful subjects, and they could get a fair amount of their agenda added to the Trump agenda.
In otherwords, the Democrats need to act like Russians. How ironic.
Quote:The question then becomes why wouldn't they take such an obvious course of action that would allow them to actually accomplish something? Maybe it's because utter opposition plays better with their voter base and they are more concerned with the 2018/20 elections than they are actually accomplishing something in the next two years. There's also the fact that allowing Trump even a wiff of a victory may help him in those years. So, much like the GOP, who were much derided for their actions, they would trade two years of accomplishing nothing for a slight chance of winning Congress in 2018. Kind of shows you were political parties loyalties really lie eh?
Those are fair criticism of Democratic opposition if the opposition is just for opposition's sake to gain a political advantage during the next election cycles. What less harmful subjects would you propose compromise?
