tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976234.post7888693696373966295..comments2023-09-16T04:45:50.404-05:00Comments on Sleeping with The Devil: Thoughts On Phil Bredesen, Conserva-Dem Running For The TN Senate Seat (And His Taylor Swift Endorsement)Dervish Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671865801885224353noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976234.post-54857025323848292832018-10-18T17:18:53.238-05:002018-10-18T17:18:53.238-05:00I think it was Barry Goldwater that said (I paraph...I think it was Barry Goldwater that said (I paraphrase)... <i>extremism in defense of liberty is no vice</i>. The problem with the rightwing these days is the only liberty they are concerned with is the liberty <b>they</b> and <b>their </b>ideology find acceptable. I guess their definition of liberty is limited.<br /><br />So yes Jerry, compromise is becoming more difficult. For both sides.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976234.post-75849286927983478002018-10-16T10:22:41.794-05:002018-10-16T10:22:41.794-05:00Compromise is more difficult when it swings the mi...Compromise is more difficult when it swings the middle to far either left or right. You can’t compromise with “crazy”.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976234.post-14112442378458808282018-10-15T15:50:53.497-05:002018-10-15T15:50:53.497-05:00Operative word... Compromise. These days few are w...<b>Operative word... Compromise. These days few are willing to do so. With the exception of moderates. A dying breed it seems. :(</b>Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976234.post-91037305021572635492018-10-15T10:08:41.597-05:002018-10-15T10:08:41.597-05:00That was my question as well, DS. At least on the ...That was my question as well, DS. At least on the state and national level, I don’t see any “extreme radical” liberals. The great divide is caused by conservatives moving to the extreme right. The problem with that is the tendency for the middle to move to the right too.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976234.post-77581720043077228052018-10-14T13:25:31.685-05:002018-10-14T13:25:31.685-05:00What is an example of an "extreme radical lib...What is an example of an "extreme radical liberal" who is "controlling the political dialogue" in your opinion, RN? Me, I'd say there are very few to none. Depending on your definition of "radical".<br /><br />I think we need more of these "extreme radical liberals" voicing their opinions, given that <a href="http://prospect.org/article/most-americans-are-liberal-even-if-they-don%E2%80%99t-know-it" rel="nofollow">most Americans are Liberal, even if they don't know it</a>.Dervish Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671865801885224353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976234.post-18810725152493360532018-10-14T09:59:22.481-05:002018-10-14T09:59:22.481-05:00Rational Liberal social policy coupled with a rati...Rational Liberal social policy coupled with a rational Conservative fiscal policy is what <i> <b>might</b></i> MAGA. But of course that would require rational leadership. Something severely lacking in the current political environment.<br /><br />Extreme radical conservatives and extreme radical liberals are controlling the political dialogue forcing more moderate candidates to move either right or left (depending on where they live) to have even a chance of being elected. We are a fatally divided nation. One in which rational compromise is all but a thing of the past.<br /><br />Unfortunate, sad, and likely irreversible. Time will tell whether this nation will survive as the democratic republic that our founding fathers left us.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.com