(06-14-2025 03:31 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Yep. Why is this even a conversation?

I disagree.


See. We dont always agree.

Republicans disagree frequently. I think it is healthy and useful in obtaining the optimal decision. I fervently wish the Dems would moderate their strident dogma and associated Soviet style repression of thought.

No one has a monopoly on good ideas and compromise is not necessarily a betrayal of principle when in service to our great nation.

We have serious problems (eg. mounting debt in danger of triggering a financial calamity) impacting all and all must be part of the solution.

People shutting their minds to new ideas stagnant. I do not block anyone.

His numbers are climbing fast. Lefties are so intolerant of opposing views. Even before they hear them.

(06-15-2025 12:54 PM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  Republicans disagree frequently. I think it is healthy and useful in obtaining the optimal decision. I fervently wish the Dems would moderate their strident dogma and associated Soviet style repression of thought.

No one has a monopoly on good ideas and compromise is not necessarily a betrayal of principle when in service to our great nation.

We have serious problems (eg. mounting debt in danger of triggering a financial calamity) impacting all and all must be part of the solution.

Well said….
Fortunately for our great Nation, Leftist ideas don’t thrive in the light of truth. The saying “light is the best disinfectant” certainly applies here. As you point out dissidence and compromise have long been part of the American project.

That’s why Constitutional Republic and Capitalism work. Ideas are brought to the market of public opinion. There they are bought and sold.

Leftists stopped participating in this process a decade or more ago. Quick: Name the last Democrat idea that has worked? The last real idea they pushed “Obamacare” has been an abject failure. Medical costs have skyrocketed while the quality of care has diminished. Remember “you can keep your coverage”. What a train wreck “universal healthcare” has been.
Leftists will claim it’s been so good they’ve canonized an assassin for killing an insurance CEO.

Are failed policies the lasting legacy of the Democratic Party? I believe they are. Mostly because they come from a point of authoritarianism. Top down we know what’s best mentality. Pelosi and Schumer are the Stalin and Khrushchev of Liberal politics of the last decade plus of Democrat leadership. Ideas that didn’t line up with The Party have been quickly shouted down or in most cases quietly killed.

The iron fist rule of the Democrats has publicly been lauded as a strength. Look what they accomplish because they force everyone to stay in line. Over time it’s obviously been proven to be the party’s greatest weakness. That’s why new ideas in the Democratic Party are dead.

Remember no tax on tips. Or no tax on overtime. Democrat ideas for the people. That’s right it was Trump who first proposed these populist ideas. Harris was smart enough to co-opt them just ham handed in her approach.

While it’s true how the idea sausage is made in the Republican Party is messy, it works. Policies are debated in Conservative media, on X and in public forums like this. While Republican factions are grinding out compromise. Democrats laugh and point at the process completely forgetting the process is exactly what the majority of Americans voted for.

Conservatives may not always get it right but publicly disagreeing forces ideas to stand on their on merit. Not to be propped up like the Sock Puppet Presidency of Joe Biden.

Good post Cardinal.

When a party pays someone 2 billion dollars to find out how to relate to men, it's a huge testament of how out of touch they are. The only thing they need to do is be honest and fight for the common man, you know like they used to. They need to drop the Communist BS and go back to being patriotic Americans.

It's. That. Easy.

(06-15-2025 11:29 AM)banker Wrote:  The fallacy of this is the concept of leftist thought even existing. They don’t think, every reaction is a conditioned response. Thought requires accepting and processing input. Anyone that has tried to have a discussion with a lefty knows they don’t accept input, they just react.

(06-19-2025 04:51 AM)CardinalJim Wrote:  

(06-15-2025 12:54 PM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  Republicans disagree frequently. I think it is healthy and useful in obtaining the optimal decision. I fervently wish the Dems would moderate their strident dogma and associated Soviet style repression of thought.

No one has a monopoly on good ideas and compromise is not necessarily a betrayal of principle when in service to our great nation.

We have serious problems (eg. mounting debt in danger of triggering a financial calamity) impacting all and all must be part of the solution.

Well said….
Fortunately for our great Nation, Leftist ideas don’t thrive in the light of truth. The saying “light is the best disinfectant” certainly applies here. As you point out dissidence and compromise have long been part of the American project.

That’s why Constitutional Republic and Capitalism work. Ideas are brought to the market of public opinion. There they are bought and sold.

Leftists stopped participating in this process a decade or more ago. Quick: Name the last Democrat idea that has worked? The last real idea they pushed “Obamacare” has been an abject failure. Medical costs have skyrocketed while the quality of care has diminished. Remember “you can keep your coverage”. What a train wreck “universal healthcare” has been.
Leftists will claim it’s been so good they’ve canonized an assassin for killing an insurance CEO.

Are failed policies the lasting legacy of the Democratic Party? I believe they are. Mostly because they come from a point of authoritarianism. Top down we know what’s best mentality. Pelosi and Schumer are the Stalin and Khrushchev of Liberal politics of the last decade plus of Democrat leadership. Ideas that didn’t line up with The Party have been quickly shouted down or in most cases quietly killed.

The iron fist rule of the Democrats has publicly been lauded as a strength. Look what they accomplish because they force everyone to stay in line. Over time it’s obviously been proven to be the party’s greatest weakness. That’s why new ideas in the Democratic Party are dead.

Remember no tax on tips. Or no tax on overtime. Democrat ideas for the people. That’s right it was Trump who first proposed these populist ideas. Harris was smart enough to co-opt them just ham handed in her approach.

While it’s true how the idea sausage is made in the Republican Party is messy, it works. Policies are debated in Conservative media, on X and in public forums like this. While Republican factions are grinding out compromise. Democrats laugh and point at the process completely forgetting the process is exactly what the majority of Americans voted for.

Conservatives may not always get it right but publicly disagreeing forces ideas to stand on their on merit. Not to be propped up like the Sock Puppet Presidency of Joe Biden.

It all goes back to Obama's stupid mantra of the "fundamental transformation of America". Look where that has gotten us.