We have to make them choose. Just like we ourselves have to choose. We can't afford to be the soft pillow the American ass falls back on when they vote against their own interests.
And the way you win is by making sharp distinctions, sharp enough to cut, sharp enough to hurt. The Republican party spent the last two years doing just that, slicing, blocking, filibustering, and distorting every move the Democrats tried to make.
The American people rewarded that destructive behavior with a smashing GOP victory. The voters need to feel the fruits of that "win."
In our mercy we feed thirteen months of unemployment benefits to the jobless, in exchange for two years of tax breaks for the heartless. But have the Democrats done the people a favor with that surrender?
We bailed out the American people. We saved them from the error of their ways. We said, in effect, go ahead, vote for the other side, we'll still take care of you.
But they didn't take care of us. They chose the other side.
No more compromises, let's play to win. When the Republicans want to obstruct, let them. Let the people feel the tender mercies of the GOP. Then ask them again in two years.
"Which side are you on, which side are you on?"
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