Nevan posted a Trump question, I know. Just relax...hear me out:www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/09/15/trump-supporters-burn-their-maga-hats-over-presidents-pos... moreNevan posted a Trump question, I know. Just relax...hear me out:www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/09/15/trump-supporters-burn-their-maga-hats-over-presidents-possible-dreamer-deal/670479001/I'm no fan of Trump, but what's so bad about Trump trying to work with the other party? Is it so bad to have a little bi-partisanship? I think it's a sad state of affairs when "compromise" becomes a dirty word.
Is there any kind of down side to it? Does any country actually care about them, or have they mostly just sat up there and thrown tantrums that have irritated the whole world?
"In a way, (Ronald) Reagan was to (President Gerald) Ford (in the 1976 election) what Bernie Sanders was to Hillary Clinton or Eugene McCarthy was to Hubert Humphrey (in the 1968 e... more"In a way, (Ronald) Reagan was to (President Gerald) Ford (in the 1976 election) what Bernie Sanders was to Hillary Clinton or Eugene McCarthy was to Hubert Humphrey (in the 1968 election) or...Ted Kennedy to Jimmy Carter (in the 1980 election): a charismatic figure who won the hearts of many and whose popularity failed to translate to the eventual nominee."A great parallel between Hillary Clinton (vs. Trump) and Jimmy Carter (vs. Reagan) is drawn in the following:"(President Jimmy Carter's) 1982 memoir 'Keeping Faith' tells the story of the 1980 general campaign almost exclusively through the prism of his efforts to free the American hostages in Iran. To borrow a phrase from George W. Bush, Carter 'misunderestimated' Reagan, and Carter has never tried very hard to conceal his contempt for the man who crushed his bid for re-election. Carter wrote that he was 'pleased that Governor Reagan was the nominee,' adding: 'With him as my opponent, the issues would be clearly drawn. At the time, all my political team... less
He also is apparently working with fellow New Yorker and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer on a deal to repeal the debt ceiling, and congressional Republicans are screaming bloo... moreHe also is apparently working with fellow New Yorker and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer on a deal to repeal the debt ceiling, and congressional Republicans are screaming bloody murder. So what happened to the right-wing ogre that the MSNBC crowd and its minions (including people right here on Answermug) are so afraid of?
