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Originally posted by Ryanp225:
Right wing....left wing....same fucking bird.

A very small minority of Republicans are, but most aren't.

Take a look at important votes and you'll see the difference, and Obama Care as a case in point. Not a single Republican voted for it.

The same is true of other important bills.

Nonetheless, not guilty.

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Originally posted by Jimbo Jones:
Absolutely. Desantis knows how to wield power effectively and the rest of the Rs like Gov Noem need to follow this example.

Matt Bevin was Ron Desantis before Ron Desantis was Ron Desantis.

Where is he now? Answer? He was defeated for re-election due to most R voters not having the stomach for how dirty the long game is.

You’ll have people attempting to blame the teachers for Bevins loss, but it was the conservative voters that failed him.

You can go all cancel culture on Noem, but perhaps you should consider that she is just doing what her voters want.

I wouldn't go as far as to call her a RINO but certainly saying "GOP should reach across the aisle" does not have a good ring to it.
First, the GOP always has been willing to talk , something the Dems never have done.
We in fact are too willing for the most part to compromise.
We have to be careful of labeling someone because of talking points.
There are a lot worse problems that the SD Gov. , IMO.

Maybe, she meant reach across like this:

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Originally posted by jljones:
You can go all cancel culture on Noem, but perhaps you should consider that she is just doing what her voters want.

Perhaps, but until the R voters get it straight in their heads that trying to 'reach across the aisle' will never benefit them as the other side isn't interested in anything resembling a compromise with conservative values, we will continue get R representatives that continue to allow the pendulum to move further to the left by playing nice.

The example of her wavering on the athletics bill is a perfect example of her not necessarily following what her voters want, as her voters clearly wanted that legislation.

It will take nothing less than representatives that are willing to crush their enemies, see them driven before them, and hear the lamentation of... whoever deserves to lament the ruin of failed policies... Desantis is the man for that cause he don't GAF.

I have been skeptical of her from the get go.

If you don't communicate across the aisle, what's the alternative? What would Ronald Reagan do?

This must be the message coming out of the national GOP HQ. Here in VA dozens of candidates have come out of the woodwork after the 2021 elections to challenge sitting leftists in 2022. Many/most of them are preaching "end the contention" apparently in an effort to convince leftists that voting for a conservative might not be "so bad." The election victory of our new Governor, Squish Youngkin, has probably contributed to this notion.

Personally, this turns me off to a candidate. I want pols who are willing to stick to their convictions and stop being "nice" about it. Compromising (AKA working across the aisle) for decades, in the hope that this will appease the commies is what has led to our current state of affairs. No more! Incremental losses are still losses, it is dishonest to say, "well we might have lost everything if we hadn't compromised." I would surely like to hear that out of a Democrat's mouth for a change.

She doesn’t understand that we’re at war.

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Originally posted by HayesGreener:
If you don't communicate across the aisle, what's the alternative? What would Ronald Reagan do?

Unfortunately, at this point in our history, this is not feasible, nor a question worth asking. What would any historical political giant do? Considering that any leader prior to (probably) GHWBush was dealing with politicians that weren’t overtly attempting to disarm and ruin their own country, we’ll never find out.

Making deals with, or compromising with, the nastiest, slimiest, scumbags in D.C., who are ONLY out to keep power and enrich themselves is a death sentence for liberty and the financial security of my children and their children.

And the Democrats are even worse.

Compromise with socialists/communists? I’ll pass, thank you.

She’s just exposed herself as just another RINO.

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Originally posted by Flash-LB:

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Originally posted by Ryanp225:
Right wing....left wing....same fucking bird.

A very small minority of Republicans are, but most aren't.

Take a look at important votes and you'll see the difference, and Obama Care as a case in point. Not a single Republican voted for it.

The same is true of other important bills.

That's just slime ball politicians doing their usual politics. They knew the bill was a guarantee to become law because the commies were controlling both the legislative and executive branches at the time, so all of them voted against it. And, in the ensuing Obama years when they had the House, they continued to pretend they were doing something meaningful by voting to repeal it, all the while knowing there was not a snowball chance in hell of it going anywhere. But then, what happened when Trump got the WH, and they took back both the House and Senate? The true color came out from many of them. They never had any intentions to repeal obamacare in the first place. That's why I despise these fucking maggots from both sides.

I'm curious about what we're supposed to reach across the aisle and compromise on. Are we compromising over transgendering our children? How many millions of illegal aliens will invade our country? How much the middle class will suffer under the lefts policies? How many of our liberties we'll have taken from us?
I want nothing less than soul crushing defeat for liberals. The exact same thing they want for us.

Absolutely not. Too much compromise has already happened. Liberals believe one one-sided compromise, everyone must compromise to them. They never conceded ground. They've been at war against the country and conservatives for decades. It's high time we wake up and recognize it.

I will not every support compromise with a liberal. Evil can only be treated in one way.

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Originally posted by Flash-LB:

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Originally posted by Ryanp225:
Right wing....left wing....same fucking bird.

A very small minority of Republicans are, but most aren't.

Take a look at important votes and you'll see the difference, and Obama Care as a case in point. Not a single Republican voted for it.

The same is true of other important bills.

And they managed to convince you that this theater is reality and there are two different sides.
Keeping us divided and thinking there is an actual chance that the "good guys" are fighting the good fight for you is all it's about.
All make believe my friend.