Moron repugican agitator Frank Luntz said that after stealing the Senate
majority, repugicans should work with Democrats and President Obama to
find "common-sense solutions" to a number of issues.…
It was at that dinner, as Obama was celebrating his inauguration as America’s first black president, that Luntz and other wingnut repugicans gathered and decided that they would cause as much gridlock as possible in
order to steal control of the House, Senate and White House. The repugicans stole control of the House in 2010 during the teabagger debacle, thanks mostly to their objections over healthcare reform. Despite
not being able to steal the Senate or White House in 2012, the repugican cabal continued their
obstructionist tactics throughout Obama’s second term. Now that they stole the upper chamber, many are now striking a conciliatory tone and
claiming they want to work on bipartisan solutions.
In his column, Luntz wrote about how American voters
don’t want anymore fighting between parties and that they are searching
for compromise and progress.
[S]top blustering and fighting. Americans despair of the pointless posturing, empty promises and bad policies that result. Show that you are more concerned with people than politics. Don’t be afraid to work with your opponents if it means achieving real results. Democrats and repugicans disagree on a lot, but there are also opportunities of real national importance, like national security and passing the trans-Atlantic trade deal.Aside from a small agitator coven, Americans are not looking for another fight over same-sex marriage or abortion. This isn’t to say that voters want their leaders to co-opt their convictions. People are simply tired of identity politics that pit men against women, black against white, wealthy against poor. More than ever, they want leadership that brings us together.This isn’t about pride of ownership regarding American progress; this is about progress, period. Americans care about Democratic solutions not repugican problem creating. They want common-sense Democratic solutions that make everyday life just a little bit easier. But they can’t get their houses in order until Washington gets its own house in order.
Of course, Luntz, repugicans in Congress and other
influential wingnut voices were the key perpetrators of gridlock,
fighting and obstruction. For the better part of six years, repugicans
on Capitol Hill have done their best to stand in the way of any
legislative progress in an effort to make POTUS look ineffectual and in
over his head. This was all a very concerted effort to eventually steal
control of Congress away from Democrats. Of course, their hope was that Obama would have been a “one-term president,”
as McConnell said in the President’s first term. However, they played
the long-game well enough to eventually steal the Senate in 2014 as
they got Democrats to play right into their hands down the stretch.
Don’t believe the hype. The repugicans’ idea of
compromise is essentially “Do what we tell you to do!” Right now, other
than the voices on Faux News and Hate-speech radio, who are still spiking the
football and claiming the election is a revolution and mandate of insane lunatic fringe delusions, repugicans are trying to sound reasonable and open to
responsible governance and bipartisan compromise. It is all talk and
there will be no action to back it up. Once the new senators and representatives make it to Washington in January, and the likes of Ted
Cruz feel the power of the majority, all hell will break loose. It will
be like a bad reality show.
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