IT'S HAPPENING!!

[NurseJackie]

121. If a politician is unwilling to compromise and find common ground and mutual interests, then...

If a politician is unwilling to compromise and find common ground and mutual interests, then that politician will fail and walk away with NOTHING. (And then, get this, that politician will BOAST AND BRAG about getting ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!)

Meanwhile, the most vulnerable among us continue to suffer because some politicians want to boast and brag about "holding firm" and "never compromising" their principles.

Fact of the matter is this (and something that the most egotistical politicians fail to understand... no matter who he or she may be) is that incremental progress IS STILL FUCKING PROGRESS!!! It's NOT standing still... it's better than we were before even if it's not the whole thing, a half a loaf is better than nothing at all. A single piece of pie is better than nothing at all.

So, the politician/s who claim/s that he (or she, whatever) will never negotiate and never "bargain with the enemy" is a fool! That type of egotistical and obstinate attitude ultimately means that they are (either willingly or unwillingly) maintaining the status quo. When nothing changes, what we have is the status quo. If a politician is unwilling to accept incremental change and is unwilling to compromise, then the "status quo" wins again.

That's not what I'd call being "progressive".