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In reply to the discussion: Rachel had it Right, now DU is getting it wrong. [View all]DirkGently
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We don't have that right now. Republicans have been so focused on destroying Democrats and liberals as a whole that they haven't bothered to come up with anything beyond weirdo absolutist positions like "no tax pledges" and the stance that "government can't do anything right" and "Let's abolish the EPA."
You're right that all Americans who consider themselves conservative or Republican are not on the Fox News / Ted Nugent / Michele Bachmann crazy train, but a lot of them are, because they've turned their entire political party into an entertainment exercise for for the Jerry Springer set, and their entire economic approach into "Taxes ... baaad."
For example, so much of this endless bullshit has been about letting the Bush tax cuts expire. This is not something that needs discussion. They were temporary, they drove the deficit Republicans are now complaining about, and they don't have any significant impact one the wealthy at all, save on the absolutist ideology that says that giving rich people cookies "creates" jobs and wealth.
THEY need to put down the rightwing radio talking points and the magical thinking. Obama's compromised plenty, just talking to himself the last four years. Nothing more can happen until Republicans understand that their belligerent, record-setting fillibustering, "healthcare is deathpanels" "the rich create jobs via tax cuts for oil companies" nonsense fairytale gibberish is over, and they need to start talking policy like legislators instead of bellowing like preachers in the pulpit.