07-09-2019, 11:24 AM
(07-09-2019, 05:35 AM)hollodero Wrote: But can't similar things be said about some GOP congressmen? Enbattled swing districts also do not need the extremes of a freedom caucus or (other example) a Steve King, and yet those folk, from equally safe red districts, do their thing.
It could and it has. it's currently not nearly the issue for the GOP that it is for the Dems.
Quote:That's actually one of the few things I find pretty cool about the US system... not so much Steve King, but in general, that congressmen stay individuals with individual ideas fitting their individual district. E.g. in my country everyone's position in parliament is exactly on party line, and that's not such a good thing.
There's an enormous difference between individually representing your district and publicly castigating those among your party who don't subscribe to your extreme views. Threats to primary them, public ridicule, neither of these are helpful to your party as a whole.
Quote:Why not? I think it is. I'd even argue it's a reasonable position.
I definitely wouldn't say one needs to hate him as a decent person (so please no one get me wrong); but there are valid reasons for a decent person to hate his indecency and/or his ignorance, his narcissism or all those other things often mentioned. I think that's perfectly legit.
You just perfectly illustrated why it is not; you didn't list one policy or position. You just listed his personality traits.
