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In reply to the discussion: Thank you, Dennis, for everything. [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)And the thing is, none of the compromises helped anyone in the 99%. Settling for less is the same thing as settling for nothing.
There simply weren't any watered-down bills in the period after 1994 that ended up being worth passing. The Lily Ledbetter thing was about it, and that wasn't watered-down because even the 'Pugs knew it was indecent to vote against it.
Dennis couldn't have made the compromises you accept and still retained any right to call himself a progressive. He'd have lost himself and not served his constituents.
Basically, you hate Dennis because he didn't settle for two or three slices(since none of the compromises you would bring up were even HALF a loaf).
There was no compromise position possible on the Patriot Act...none on torture or closing Gitmo...none on the Iraq War...none on "free trade"...