[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

See, you are going to have to look at what I actually said, not your own spin.

I said, "Those who lead with compromise are nothing but a weak link."

You replied, "if you think any President would dream of beginning their term without the possibility and the ability for compromise, then you are...

It is important to see what a person REALLY said before you try to refute it. In my earlier post I said that compromise had a place way down the line when you hit a brick wall and moving forward is ESSENTIAL. So the possiblity of and ability for compromise has its place. I didn't ignore that. But those who lead with compromise, who make it a first principle instead of an occasional last resort only when vitally necessary, make themselves nothing but a weak link. The opposition loves the weak link. They sing its praises and stroke its ego. Once again I state that that is the sort of compromise traitors are made of.

[top 2 toe red]

"if you think any President would dream of beginning their term will LEAD without the possibility and the ability for compromise, then you are...WRONG

"if you think any President LEADER would dream of beginning their term without the possibility and the ability for compromise, then you are...WRONG

"if you think any President would dream of LEAD, from the beginning of their term, without the possibility and the ability for compromise, then you are...WRONG

I have simplified in as many ways as I can, in order that you may, perhaps grasp what I have said.

Further condensing...simply because someone is willing to compromise does not mean they approach every situation/person/issue announcing, "I am here to compromise, how may I compromise. I LEAD by compromising"...and if that is what you are attempting to say with your weak link traitor gobble de goo in your original argument, then that is senselessly inept.