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Explain to Me the Idea of Compromise Here

Posted on 1/25/19 at 3:57 pm
Posted by AggieDub14
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Posted on 1/25/19 at 3:57 pm
There are two options here:

Wall

No Wall

There is no compromise. Why is anyone pretending like reopening the government is compromise? Why is anyone pretending DACA protections with a narrowed scope is compromise? The side that wants no wall isnt compromising if they vote to fund a wall. They are caving. One side has to cave when you're at an impasse.
Posted by stat19
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Posted on 1/25/19 at 3:58 pm to
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They are caving.


...and thus you celebrate.
Posted by AggieDub14
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Posted on 1/25/19 at 4:01 pm to
I mean, Trump making himself look like a fool is pretty funny.

Still, everyone talks about compromise but they cant explain it. Just repeat talking points.
Posted by stat19
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Posted on 1/25/19 at 4:08 pm to
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everyone talks about compromise but they cant explain it.


There was plenty of room to compromise on this issue - for both sides.

Everyone involved at one point or another has voted for a wall. The sticking point today was the optics of politics.

The optics today may not be the optics of Feb 15. The Left said open and we'll talk. Not showing up to table next week is not a good optic. Not opening the House for the SOTU is not a good optic.

There was plenty of room to compromise before today - Trump offered those points of compromise in his last speech. Tomorrow, there may be less room to compromise.
Posted by Midget Death Squad
Meme Magic
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Posted on 1/25/19 at 4:13 pm to
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Wall

No Wall



Correct. Trump is putting everyone on record. Dems first voted to fund the wall in the past, yet now they refuse to budge. Trump offers them things they want; they refuse to budge. Dems say no negotiations unless reopen government; Trump knows this is a ruse, but he does so anyway to force them to either negotiate or be further on the record of not standing by their word.

Could Trump be caving? Certainly it's possible; however, his history says this is unlikely. He is doing what he does best: negotiating. He is letting them have small victories, because it will make them look foolish in the end.

We will get the wall one way or the other. Trump wants it to be done the ideal way through congress. Once every single option has been exhausted through congress, he will then declare national emergency and fund it that way.

Everyone will be on record at that point.



I hope this makes sense to you. I kept it as plainly spoken and simplified as possible. Like Trump, I know my audience.
Posted by jnethe1
Pearland
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 1/25/19 at 4:17 pm to
I have a question for you, do you support a wall?
And do you have any issue with the current illegal immigration situation?

And please don’t tell me to look at your previous post, I don’t have time for that.

Also, not trying to start shite.. just asking questions.
Posted by SCLibertarian
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Member since Aug 2013
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Posted on 1/25/19 at 4:19 pm to
One side has always wanted a wall. The other side used to want a wall, but now doesn't because Orange Man bad and muh illegals. Only one side is being intellectually honest.
This post was edited on 1/25/19 at 4:19 pm
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
44309 posts
Posted on 1/25/19 at 4:19 pm to
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Explain to Me the Idea of Compromise Here


Let me write it in crayon for you:

Trump: I want a wall.

Pelosi: I don't want a wall.

Trump: If I give you X on your agenda, will you compromise on the wall?

Pelosi: No. frick you. *runs to media*
Posted by Suntiger
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Member since Feb 2007
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Posted on 1/25/19 at 4:22 pm to
There is plenty of room to compromise. I’m not on Team Orange Man Bad or Team Orange Man Great. The shutdown looked bad on all fronts and is tantamount to children throwing a fit.

All that being said, Trump looks bad for not pushing harder on ACA and a wall when he had a better allocations of votes in the house and senate. And shutting the government down for this long with no end game is not a good look either.

I will say this, Trump reopening the government to negotiate, which was the demand of the house does buy him some goodwill in my view. If the house doesn’t give anything, they will look like the spoiled children.

A good compromise would be either 2.5M on wall/barrier/fencing with additional funding for border security that the house has pushed or 1.5M for the wall/barrier/fencing with immigration reform.

Still plenty of room for both sides to come away with their pride and talking points.
Posted by AggieDub14
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Posted on 1/25/19 at 4:22 pm to
You're would is full of delusion. The mental gymnastics...wow.
Posted by AggieDub14
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Posted on 1/25/19 at 4:23 pm to
But they dont want a wall. So it isnt compromising.
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
44309 posts
Posted on 1/25/19 at 4:24 pm to
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If the house doesn’t give anything, they will look like the spoiled children.


And none of that matters.

Pelosi will not negotiate. On anything. Ever. I mean FFS the democrats straight up said when Trump was elected they would oppose anything and everything Trump tries, regardless of what it is.



Posted by AggieDub14
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Posted on 1/25/19 at 4:25 pm to
1.5M for the wall/barrier/fencing with immigration reform.

I'd encourage reform. But a big expensive wall seems unnecessary.
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
44309 posts
Posted on 1/25/19 at 4:25 pm to
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But they dont want a wall. So it isnt compromising.


Do you understand what compromise means?
Posted by AggieDub14
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Posted on 1/25/19 at 4:25 pm to
Yes. And when you want something not to happen, agreeing to allow it to happen isn't compromise. Its giving in.
Posted by AggieDub14
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Member since Oct 2015
15086 posts
Posted on 1/25/19 at 4:26 pm to
Theres no compromise on a binary yes or no
Posted by themunch
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71342 posts
Posted on 1/25/19 at 4:26 pm to
He gave them three weeks. Then deal with the plan. That is compromise.
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
44309 posts
Posted on 1/25/19 at 4:28 pm to
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Yes. And when you want something not to happen, agreeing to allow it to happen isn't compromise. Its giving in.



Giving in on something you don't want to get something you do want is the definition of compromise
Posted by AggieDub14
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Posted on 1/25/19 at 4:28 pm to
No it isnt. It's still a yes or a no. Yes wall. No wall. There is no compromise there.
Posted by AggieDub14
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Member since Oct 2015
15086 posts
Posted on 1/25/19 at 4:28 pm to
But the Dems are hard No Wall.
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