The polarized US

[SniperFire]

Not in my lifetime. When was the last time when every democrat was forced to agree? When was the last time when it seems hardly anyone is breaking ranks?

Got totalitarianism?

You seriously need to get yourself a dictionary.

You seriously need to open your puppy doggie eyes as to the absolutist positions of the hard left, and to their systematic assault on anything that runs counter to them.

 

[BlindBoo]

"Before George W. Bush was president, it was not unusual for both parties to give some ground in the interest of the people and to address the challenges of running the country. Indeed, Democrats conceded many positions during the Bush administration to keep the government functioning even though Republican policies were not economically sound, and to maintain America’s standing as a unified nation in a time of crisis. However, since the election of Barack Obama, Republicans have adopted a zero-tolerance for compromise and began the President’s term promising to obstruct any legislation including their own ideas. It is the first time in American history that one political party is more than willing to bring the entire country down before they will compromise, recognize “conventional understanding of facts, evidence or science, and more importantly, acknowledge the legitimacy of its political opposition.”

The gridlock in Washington is entirely the fault of Republicans who were all too anxious to take any steps to deny President Obama a second term and oppose every initiative unanimously, and at the beginning of the 112th Congress sought to repeal any achievement to delegitimize the President and his policies. America’s first credit downgrade in its history arrived because Republicans were unwilling to take a balanced approach to debt reduction by raising revenue in conjunction with spending cuts, and Republican budget proposals reflect that unbalanced approach will be the order of the day if Republicans win the White House and both houses of Congress. The ideological gap has been blamed on extremists in the teabag caucus, but the GOP was already lurching to the extremist right before the 2010 elections by refusing to govern; even from a minority position."

The Mainstream Media Finally Realizes That the Republicans are the Problem

 

[8537]

When the stated top priority of the opposing party is to make sure the President doesn't get a second term it's kind of hard to find common ground that moves the country forward.

Afterall, moving the country forward helps the President get re-elected, and Republicans were quite vocal that their top priority was to prevent that.

 

[SniperFire]

The Democrats won't even do their Constitutional duty to engage in the budget process, Blindboo, because they refuse to engage in compromise with those the public elected in majority to create our laws.


Ultra-fail.

 

[SniperFire]

When the stated top priority of the opposing party is to make sure the President doesn't get a second term it's kind of hard to find common ground that moves the country forward.

Afterall, moving the country forward helps the President get re-elected, and Republicans were quite vocal that their top priority was to prevent that.

It is the stated objective of the opposition to every President to beat him in the next election.


Fail.

 

[Unkotare]

This country is more polarized than it has ever been.

No its not.

 

[8537]

When the stated top priority of the opposing party is to make sure the President doesn't get a second term it's kind of hard to find common ground that moves the country forward.

Afterall, moving the country forward helps the President get re-elected, and Republicans were quite vocal that their top priority was to prevent that.

It is the stated objective of the opposition to every President to beat him in the next election.
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It was announced as the Republican leadership's top priority.

In other words, what's good for America is bad Republicans.

 

[salem.hills]

We are polarized and that's all that matters, and in my opinion unless the left media changes from this malpractice of pushing a Marxist agenda it will be bad news for all of us.

 

[SniperFire]

When the stated top priority of the opposing party is to make sure the President doesn't get a second term it's kind of hard to find common ground that moves the country forward.

Afterall, moving the country forward helps the President get re-elected, and Republicans were quite vocal that their top priority was to prevent that.

It is the stated objective of the opposition to every President to beat him in the next election.
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It was announced as the Republican leadership's top priority.

In other words, what's good for America is bad Republicans.

It is always the top priority of the party on the outs to win the next election.

More epic fail.

 

[8537]

It is the stated objective of the opposition to every President to beat him in the next election.
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It was announced as the Republican leadership's top priority.

In other words, what's good for America is bad Republicans.

It is always the top priority of the party on the outs to win the next election.

So given a choice between helping the country and winning the next election, your party chose to win the next election?

Well that's par for your course. Pathetic and treasonous, but par.

 

[SniperFire]

We are polarized and that's all that matters, and in my opinion unless the left media changes from this malpractice of pushing a Marxist agenda it will be bad news for all of us.

I believe mainstream media is finished, long term.

Their willingness to throw in behind Liberalism has forced an alternative media market into existence, and that genie isn't going back into the bottle.

 

[SniperFire]

It was announced as the Republican leadership's top priority.

In other words, what's good for America is bad Republicans.

It is always the top priority of the party on the outs to win the next election.

So given a choice between helping the country and winning the next election, your party chose to win the next election?

Well that's par for your course. Pathetic and treasonous, but par.

The party on the outs always sees winning the next election as the best way of 'helping the country,' and they work hard to making sure the incumbent POTUS gets beaten.

You are failing.

 

[8537]

It is always the top priority of the party on the outs to win the next election.

So given a choice between helping the country and winning the next election, your party chose to win the next election?

Well that's par for your course. Pathetic and treasonous, but par.

The party on the outs always sees winning the next election as the best way of 'helping the country,' and they work hard to making sure the incumbent POTUS gets beaten.

So when Dems worked with Bush to cut taxes, pass Medicare Part D, support the wars, pass the PATRIOT act etc...they were doing so in order to make sure he didn't get re-elected?

 

[Zxereus]

Well obviously we were more divided at the time of the civil war, but for the most part that was over one single issue.

Today, there is much that divides this country, and it's due to changing demographics and many different issues.

We were once the great melting pot, where immigrants came and contributed some of their own culture, but for the most part they left it behind learned English and became Americans.

We no longer teach that. Thanks to the left we no longer expect immigrants to become Americans with a common language that keeps us tethered together.
Today it's multi-culturalism, and many seperate groups will emerge demanding their own power and seperate identity.

What it now comes down to is we are destined, in a large part to social media such as this, to be at each others throat from this point forward.
America for the most part is over with, and we will only fragment further into the abyss until we either decide to split up and become seperate nations, or we engage in another civil war.

 

[SniperFire]

So given a choice between helping the country and winning the next election, your party chose to win the next election?

Well that's par for your course. Pathetic and treasonous, but par.

The party on the outs always sees winning the next election as the best way of 'helping the country,' and they work hard to making sure the incumbent POTUS gets beaten.

So when Dems worked with Bush to cut taxes, pass Medicare Part D, support the wars, pass the PATRIOT act etc...they were doing so in order to make sure he didn't get re-elected?

No, Libtard. The Republicans were participating in the give and take of our check and balance system.

On Medicare Part D, for example, Bush wanted a $120 billion program.

The Dims demanded a $900 billion program.

The Democrats in the Senate proposed a compromise of $400, and the Republican acquiesced. Of course, now Leftards blame the Republicans for spending too much on it.

But it is done in the budget give and take, compared to now where the Democrats have simply decided to short circuit this process by refusing to permit the Senate to engage in budgeting, electing to let Obama rule by executive fatwa.

This is unprecidented obstructionism by the Leftist assholes.

 

[PratchettFan]

Got totalitarianism?

You seriously need to get yourself a dictionary.

You seriously need to open your puppy doggie eyes as to the absolutist positions of the hard left, and to their systematic assault on anything that runs counter to them.

In exchange for your absolutist postitions of the hard right backed up by bumper sticker ideology. I think not.

 

[8537]

The party on the outs always sees winning the next election as the best way of 'helping the country,' and they work hard to making sure the incumbent POTUS gets beaten.

So when Dems worked with Bush to cut taxes, pass Medicare Part D, support the wars, pass the PATRIOT act etc...they were doing so in order to make sure he didn't get re-elected?

No, Libtard. The Republicans were participating in the give and take of our check and balance system.

So the Democrats worked with the Republicans in order to move the country forward.

Good, thanks for finally admitting it.

On Medicare Part D, for example, Bush wanted a $120 billion program.

The Dims demanded a $900 billion program.

Ha! No, the Bush administration wanted a program at 250B, or at least that's the number they said before the vote.

A day later it became clear the number was 400B.

But what's a few billion between friends?

 

[SniperFire]

Well obviously we were more divided at the time of the civil war, but for the most part that was over one single issue.

Today, there is much that divides this country, and it's due to changing demographics and many different issues.

We were once the great melting pot, where immigrants came and contributed some of their own culture, but for the most part they left it behind learned English and became Americans.

We no longer teach that. Thanks to the left we no longer expect immigrants to become Americans with a common language that keeps us tethered together.
Today it's multi-culturalism, and many seperate groups will emerge demanding their own power and seperate identity.

What it now comes down to is we are destined, in a large part to social media such as this, to be at each others throat from this point forward.
America for the most part is over with, and we will only fragment further into the abyss until we either decide to split up and become seperate nations, or we engage in another civil war.

We are beginning to resemble the Wiemar Republic.

 

[SniperFire]

So when Dems worked with Bush to cut taxes, pass Medicare Part D, support the wars, pass the PATRIOT act etc...they were doing so in order to make sure he didn't get re-elected?

No, Libtard. The Republicans were participating in the give and take of our check and balance system.

So the Democrats worked with the Republicans in order to move the country forward.

Good, thanks for finally admitting it.

On Medicare Part D, for example, Bush wanted a $120 billion program.

The Dims demanded a $900 billion program.

Ha! No, the Bush administration wanted a program at 250B, or at least that's the number they said before the vote.

A day later it became clear the number was 400B.

But what's a few billion between friends?

Blanche Lincoln proposed the compromise of $400 billion for the program, moron, and it didn't happen the 'next day.'

You have failed.

 

[SniperFire]

You seriously need to get yourself a dictionary.

You seriously need to open your puppy doggie eyes as to the absolutist positions of the hard left, and to their systematic assault on anything that runs counter to them.

In exchange for your absolutist postitions of the hard right backed up by bumper sticker ideology. I think not.

You are a poser.

You gonna vote for Obama again?