In our Criticism of Democrats, Can We Not Do This for The Other Side?

[MineralMan]

Please...

[Safetykitten]

1. Live on a farm? I wish I could.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Whoops. Wrong place.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

7. ,

[polichick]

2. Our RepubliDem politicians are already doing it - that's the point.

[Dad Infinitum]

3. "I got 98 percent of what I wanted"

Who is carrying water for whom?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/01/eveningnews/main20086598.shtml

[Lost-in-FL]

10. +1, nt.

[killbotfactory]

13. Taking the GOP at it's word AND carrying water for the other side.

Well done. Perfect example of what the OP was asking people not to do.

[EFerrari]

17. Sounds like bipartisanship to me.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. We ought to be slamming the GOPers hard, all day, every day.

If we want to get put these bastards back in their cages where they can't do any more damages, we (Democrats, liberals, progressives) have to acknowledge our differences, then reconcile them, set them aside as much as possible, and go for the GOP's jugular. Together. I think it was Ben Franklin who said at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, "We must all hang together or we shall most assuredly hang separately." For those guys that statement was literally true; but if we also don't hang together this time we will most assuredly be well and truly screwed in many other ways.

[Raschel]

20. +1

[Jack Rabbit]

6. I don't think anybody here is carrying water for the Republicans

However, the "well, he's better than Michele Bachmann" meme is just damning Obama with faint praise.

Sorry, but right now there don't seem to be Democrats or Republicans. There's just one big party of beltway baffoons.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. Why should we? When our "leaders" are doing a such a splendid job of it?

And, even bragging about it. See "The List".

[EFerrari]

9. It could be much worse. We could go on television and sell the Republican narrative

to the nation day after day, convincing them that their fictions about our economy are true.

[Raschel]

11. I agree with you MM.

[EFerrari]

15. The president brags publicly about how little he listens to us

and how angry he makes us. Maybe he could set an example for us.

[RC]

12. If we do not criticize the Democrats for their mistakes and their schmoozing with the enemy

we are condoning their actions. I for one do not think this is a wise course of action.

[Safetykitten]

14. I still don't get the picture. Is that the guy from that cop show?

[EFerrari]

16. Maybe that's kurling.

[tblue]

18. Repubs won't LISTEN TO US! DEMOCRATS MIGHT!

Who here does not criticize Republicans? But in what universe do we have any sway over them? And, by being all quiet and docile, do you really think we can get what we want from the Democrats? THESE DEMOCRATS? Really?

[woo me with science]

19. You are doing exactly what they want you to do.

You are falling for the charade of two corporate parties pitting us against each other while they slide measures into place that will impoverish ALL of us.

[Safetykitten]

21. Ok, I think I may get it now. We would be carrying stuff. But picture would need...

to be showing us dragging the dead bodies of people that needed help for the "Entitlements" stuff that we fucked them over for.