Is The Left/Right Divide Bridgeable?

[Lucar186]

What is "hardball"?

At this point, not betraying your voters every chance you get would be hardball.

 

[jamil]

At this point, not betraying your voters every chance you get would be hardball.

Sadly, you're not wrong. There are all kinds of videos on youtube of Republicans grilling administration officials and it's just theater. They do that **** and then some of them vote with Democrats on legislation that might be a great payday for them but at our expense.

 

[Shadow01]

I think one of the major issues is that even when the Republicans have a majority and a mandate they fail to act. Most of the issue has always been that the elected Republicans are give them a mile and they take an inch types. (Insert more train analogies here)

Because most of them are actually the same as democrats. They are so weak, they are afraid to be blamed for making a bad decision.

 

[Lmo1131]

In 3,200 B.C., as the Eygptian government disintegrated into multiple, rival factions, Pharoah moved his capitol city from Memphis, to Thebes in an attempt to regain control of his realm.

5,224 years later Washington D.C. needs to be abandoned for the same reason, and the U.S. capitol moved to somewhere near the Geographical Denter of the United States. But as it occurs, that happens to fall in the Toyoto Factory parking lot south of Princeton, Indiana. Maybe that isn't central enough... The Mean Center of Population in the U.S. now falls in Hartville, Missouri. That sounds better...



I propose that the business of the government be conducted utilizing all those leftover mobile homes (purchased by FEMA for hurricane Kathrina (I'm sure there are still hundreds of them sitting in fields somewhere), another source would be converting shipping containers (so popular now for mini-homes)...

 

[BugI02]

Because most of them are actually the same as democrats. They are so weak, they are afraid to be blamed for making a bad decision.

I think it is worse than that, I think they have no convictions beyond they want to keep their cushy job and make bank. They don't do anything even slightly risky to their possibility of re-election

The democrats often actually do better in this area, being willing to burn down their election chances to make 'gains' now - believing (rightfully so) that some or all of those gains will stick and putting another click on the ratchet. Many dems are true believers, many repubs just believe they need to grow their bank accounts

 

[BugI02]

In 3,200 B.C., as the Eygptian government disintegrated into multiple, rival factions, Pharoah moved his capitol city from Memphis, to Thebes in an attempt to regain control of his realm.

5,224 years later Washington D.C. needs to be abandoned for the same reason, and the U.S. capitol moved to somewhere near the Geographical Denter of the United States. But as it occurs, that happens to fall in the Toyoto Factory parking lot south of Princeton, Indiana. Maybe that isn't central enough... The Mean Center of Population in the U.S. now falls in Hartville, Missouri. That sounds better...

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I propose that the business of the government be conducted utilizing all those leftover mobile homes (purchased by FEMA for hurricane Kathrina (I'm sure there are still hundreds of them sitting in fields somewhere), another source would be converting shipping containers (so popular now for mini-homes)...

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The geographical center of the US is near Lebanon, KS. Did you mean the population center of the US is in that Toyo plant parking lot?

 

[Lmo1131]

The geographical center of the US is near Lebanon, KS.

You're right. Mia culpa

https://gardner.utah.edu/blog/blog-shifting-balance-points-mean-center-of-population-release/#:~:text=Since%20the%20first%20decennial%20census,this%20decadal%20measure%20since%201790

Centers of Population

Information about the mean and median centers of population for the 2020 Census, 2010 Census and Census 2000.

www.census.gov

But my 'point' remains.... we need to dump D.C.

 

[Magyars]

 

[Ingomike]

Sadly, you're not wrong. There are all kinds of videos on youtube of Republicans grilling administration officials and it's just theater.

What other constitutional options do they have than exposing the truth to the people?

They do that **** and then some of them vote with Democrats on legislation that might be a great payday for them but at our expense.

Are repubs a monolith?

 

[Magyars]

 

[jamil]

What other constitutional options do they have than exposing the truth to the people?


Are repubs a monolith?

Are we talking about congress critters? I'm guessing around 90% lying ********ers. So not completely a monolith. But ***damn close to it. Even those who claim to be AF, have some CoC'ery in their records.

 

[jamil]

The best examples of consistently descent records are Massie in the House, and Rand Paul in the Senate. Others here and there have some pretty solid AF bonafides.

 

[Magyars]

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

The geographical center of the US is near Lebanon, KS. Did you mean the population center of the US is in that Toyo plant parking lot?

That question has me wondering if it would be possible to find the politically ideological center of the US, and if so, I wonder where that would be?

 

[Lucar186]

That question has me wondering if it would be possible to find the politically ideological center of the US, and if so, I wonder where that would be?

Wherever that center is, I’m staying away.

 

[Leadeye]

To me a hardball step would be organized watching of mail in votes. It's not a lot, but I would expect it to provoke a response.

Something to push the machines further into the light.

 

[BugI02]

That question has me wondering if it would be possible to find the politically ideological center of the US, and if so, I wonder where that would be?

Coeur d'Alene

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Coeur d'Alene

That far north?

 

[BigRed]

I am going to reiterate that it is a HARD NO for me.

Communism and Classic Liberalism are mutually exclusive.

 

[Michigan Slim]

The other side turned it to a shooting war.