Let's listen to Jimmy and Bill and Barack and Hillary.
I assume we all think gridlock is bad - especially with a Democrat in the White House. But we're never going to get beyond it if Democrats become a new version of Republicans. A thread appeared this morning that illustrates the hostile, black and white, interpret-it-the-worst-way attitude that will prevent us from achieving legislative goals. The link is below.
I've always been proud that to me there seemed to be more "good" people in Democratic leadership than Republican. Not that they don't exist in the Republican part, but not so much any more. By this I mean people willing to look for the common ground behind their oponent's hostility. The second link shows Obama, just yesterday, sending the crowd to school about how to deal with a hostile oponent.
The third link is a snippet from a Hillary speech, highlighting what I think she had always believed, but which she woke up to a bit more after the Michigan primary defeat. I wish I could have found her comments at a fund raiser where she urged the audience to look beyond the anger of (at the time) Bernie supporters to the underlying causes of their frustration
I wouldn't know how to look for links showing Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter modeling this same thing, but I know they did, because I remember being proud of them for it at the time. It would be super if someone had such links, or even just quotes.
We have terrific role models, for ourselves and for our children. Let's pay attention.
Reaching out to white guys thread.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512586828
Obama teaching us how to relate to a Trump follower
Hillary after Michigan primary 4:30-5:00 is a snippet
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