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I've always sensed that the Democrats embrace expediency more readily than the Republicans. Accusing your adversary of doing what your own side is doing is not
by BitwiseFool 5y ago
I've always sensed that the Democrats embrace expediency more readily than the Republicans. Accusing your adversary of doing what your own side is doing is not a new concept, but it is being used to great effect.
- GenerocUsername 5y agoTerrible effect.
- codyb 5y agoThe Democrats should absolutely play on the playing field that exists, not the one they want. They’ve also put up bills to combat gerrymandering and dark money. If one side won’t let those bills hit the floor, then what’re they supposed to do? Hogtie themselves? At the end of the day, these behaviors have been made explicitly enabled by the law.
- BitwiseFool 5y ago>"They’ve also put up bills to combat gerrymandering and dark money" The Machiavellian in me says this is political theatre and optics.
- codyb 5y agoWell, hey, if the Republicans would let it get to the floor, then we could see. For some reason they’re scared having the votes tallied.
- dogleash 5y ago>At the end of the day, these behaviors have been made explicitly enabled by the law. Politicians set the law. If the only thing we can rely on to bound the actions a politician will take is the law, then we no longer have a politician. We have a crook.
- codyb 5y agoPoliticians are trying to get rid of these things but if you have to enter a boxing ring where everyone puts glass shares on the knuckles of their gloves, you’d be pretty stupid not to put some glass shards on the knuckles of your own even if it’s not the arena you’d have exist.