A compromise with these jackals would be unthinkable

[SHRED]

I can't let my mind go there because when I do it gets real, real ugly.


STAND STRONG MR PRESIDENT!!!


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[kentuck]

1. Ugly.

Real ugly.

[DefenseLawyer]

2. It really is the same principle behind "we don't negotiate with terrorists"

And I'm not implying that they are terrorists, just idiots. But when you give in to those who use dangerous means to make crazy, unreasonable demands, you embolden them and others like them to use those tactics in the future.

[SHRED]

3. 45 thousand die each year due to lack of health coverage

They are terrorists.

[DefenseLawyer]

5. It can be argued that they are

But even without the incendiary rhetoric of calling them terrorists, we still can't allow their tactics to bear fruit.

[SHRED]

6. true

[DisgustipatedinCA]

4. "Never, ever, ever make a deal with the Devil"--Michael Franti & lots of other people. n/t