Experience hath shewn, that Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while Evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the Forms to which they are accustomed.
-Thomas Jefferson
Declaration of Independence
The sentence above is what this election and subsequent elections are all about. We are moving from a Center-Right nation to a Center-Left nation. Conservatives know that their days are numbered, but the desire to maintain their grip on power is great.
The Koch Brothers, ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council), even the Tea Party (which are the REAL useful idiots in this battle), etc. are the folks that are pushing this extremist agenda.
What do you think these groups are about….Power. And how do they maintain power, by introducing extremist legislation. While initially derided, extremist legislation is eventually accepted as mainstream. This is why ALEC took a mocking tone when this once secretive group was exposed during the Trayvon Martin situation. They knew Stand Your
Ground Laws are extremist and vigilantism in nature, but they mocked the Left for not having a similar apparatus.
Once extreme legislation is introduced, the populace gets used to its extreme nature. After that its all gravy. Conservatives know that Traditional Liberals will back down because Traditional Liberals are constantly seek compromise and Bi-Partisanship. This keeps the populace from moving toward its natural tendency (Center Left), by forming a new avenues that push it further to the Extremist Right.
Self-styled Bi-Partisan individuals and groups in their search for common ground propose solutions that move both sides to the center. This is a strategy that is simply untenable when one side is so far out of reach. – Thomas Mann/Norm Ornstein
This is why it is time for Progressives to rally. The values of our nation in this and future elections is at stake.
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