Originally Posted by
Sink r8
No, I explained to her that the Republicans in Congress hate the President so much, that they can't bear the idea that he gets to govern a while, and so 100% of their energy is spent on obstructing anything and everything he does. They can't compromise, they can't negotiate, and they're held by the throat by a few radicals, so that they never can even entertain the idea of working towards the center, or they get yanked out of office.
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The problem is, the center keeps getting moved to the left. And I don't mean Red vss Blue. I mean Jefferson/Bastiat verses the tyrants. Evan Hamilton would would be aghast at "the center." The purpose of government is to protect liberty....period. Anything else is "off center." Anything else guarantees that groups will fight over each other's money and want the government to make it "fair." This is the essence of "Democracy" which our Founders rejected.
Radical? Sure, if you compare to the current landscape. Radical? Jefferson was a "radical" by current standards.
They are not "radical", they are Restorers.
There has been too much "centering" and "compromise".
May I recommend "The Law"-Bastiat.