Posted on 09/11/2011 1:17:38 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
In any case, the textbook art of compromise/negotiation is to always, ALWAYS, demand more than you realistically think you will end up getting. The Dims have made their living this way. The Pubbies, not so much. Seems to me Pubbies, being the more "rational" of the two groups begin their demands at roughly where they would like to end up. They end up trading away some or much of what they actually hold dear. Not a good plan IMHO.
IMHO, Pubbies should be DEMANDING feral government spending be slashed to half its current level immediately. Demanding closure of ALL non-essential cabinet level departments and alphabet agencies; then settle for about half. Reform entitlements? Get rid of or significantly curtail these bloated and unconstitutional monstrosities. As a compromise, we might keep some form of SS but it will have to be placed under new management. No dipping in the till by the greedy bastards in DC!
Oh, and I meant to add: There are major flies in the buttermilk right now. And while Pubbies are not really in a position to have their way with the Dim Socialists, ANY compromise with the libtards at this point could likely send the republic over the edge. I personally believe that but I haven’t heard it much from our leaders in DC. It could be that the message is not getting out?
There is always room for compromise, AFTER the 1st things, principles, have been satisfied. That is where the line must be, else principles are not principles. Anyone who cannot protect and live by the basic immovable principles of the various conservative factions, should not have the support of any of them.
Here’s the key distinction - if the “compromise” takes you even farther in the wrong direction, just slower, that is NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE. We just can’t afford to do that anymore. If you believe spending has to be cut, you are not compromising if the budget goes up. You are giving in.
The compromises have to start taking things into the direction we want to go, just slower than we’d prefer.
If group A wants to cut the budget, and group B wants to increase it, a compromise would be a budget freeze.
But that is considered radical in elite circles today. Nothing exposes the duplicity of the Republican leadership than this state of affairs.
It’s all about winning and losing to these idiots - what’s best for the country is not a consideration.
There is a big difference between compromising with our opponents and negotiating with ourselves.
Compromise is what we do once we’ve nominated the most conservative candidates possible, won back the White House and many Congressional seats, and then are debating pending legislation as necessary with whatever is left of the ‘Rat party.
We do not compromise 14 months prior to election day when we haven’t even chosen our candidates yet.
Compromise has brought the country to the brink of financial collapse.
You cannot compromise well founded principles and expect good to come out of it.
How do you compromise on a law that bans adults from having sex with children?
Do you say “Okay, but only on Wednesday afternoons and only if the child has been weaned.”?
How do you legallly and morally compromise on an absolute principle such as the 2nd ammendment?
Do you accept Obama’s idea that the constitution is just an out of date “rigid idea of what government can and can not do”?
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