I suggest that if the Republicans want to protect the health of the party, they need to just ditch the “conservative christian” aka pro-“christian”/racist/sexist arm of the party. It would certainly hurt them short term… but they’d end up being able to appeal to a broad range of voters. And they’re ALREADY hurting both short and long term from the lack of that.
The other bit is to give away the “win by defeating the opposition” mind set. We’re all citizens here, and we all mostly agree on a very large part of what needs doing to keep our nation healthy. So to do that best, we need to compromise. Which means “everybody loses some, but everybody gets some too”. Which seems to be anathema to them lately.
Can’t get agreement across the aisle on restricting abortion? STOP TRYING TO RESTRICT ABORTION.
Can’t get agreement across the aisle on making the southern border impermeable? STOP TRYING TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE AT THE BORDER.
Can’t get agreement on making it wrong to be gay or transgender? STOP TRYING TO HARM PEOPLE who aren’t exactly like you.
Can’t get agreement to mine more coal and burn more fossil fuels? MAYBE READ A BOOK about climate issues. Or watch a movie if reading isn’t in your wheelhouse.
Can’t get agreement to tax the middle class and give tax breaks to the rich? MAYBE TRY LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE in your electoral district instead of only the richest “donors.”
Can’t get agreement to support lying, cheating, conniving politicians in your party? MAYBE JUST DON’T ACCEPT such people in your party.
I suggest that if the Republicans want to protect the health of the party, they need to just ditch the “conservative christian” aka pro-“christian”/racist/sexist arm of the party. It would certainly hurt them short term… but they’d end up being able to appeal to a broad range of voters. And they’re ALREADY hurting both short and long term from the lack of that.
The other bit is to give away the “win by defeating the opposition” mind set. We’re all citizens here, and we all mostly agree on a very large part of what needs doing to keep our nation healthy. So to do that best, we need to compromise. Which means “everybody loses some, but everybody gets some too”. Which seems to be anathema to them lately.
Can’t get agreement across the aisle on restricting abortion? STOP TRYING TO RESTRICT ABORTION.
Can’t get agreement across the aisle on making the southern border impermeable? STOP TRYING TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE AT THE BORDER.
Can’t get agreement on making it wrong to be gay or transgender? STOP TRYING TO HARM PEOPLE who aren’t exactly like you.
Can’t get agreement to mine more coal and burn more fossil fuels? MAYBE READ A BOOK about climate issues. Or watch a movie if reading isn’t in your wheelhouse.
Can’t get agreement to tax the middle class and give tax breaks to the rich? MAYBE TRY LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE in your electoral district instead of only the richest “donors.”
Can’t get agreement to support lying, cheating, conniving politicians in your party? MAYBE JUST DON’T ACCEPT such people in your party.
And so forth.