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It's probably not related (0.00 / 0)

but one of my first thoughts while reading this post was about how so often the Democrats "pre-concede" to the Republicans when trying to get legislation passed. Instead of thinking "Big" and asking for the world, the Dems, in trying to pacify the rethuglicans, will pre-pick apart their bill first. Instead of thinking big from the outset, they seem to actually try to think as small as possible. And the Dems never seem to learn that there's no "pacifying" the rethugs. The tiniest bill that actually serves the people will still be made smaller once they've had their say.

(Yes, I understand that this serves the purposes of the corporate Dems as well and so they're not inclined to think "Big" anyway, but that's not what I'm talking about here).  

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by: Oaktown Girl @ Sun Jul 05, 2009 at 23:50:13 PM CDT