Actually I agree with the title. However I find it amusing and more than a tad irritating.
The past several(!) times we've had debt/spending challenges, Republicans supported bipartisan deals quite fully without significant resistance. Nearly every time, however, Republicans were the ONLY ones who honored their part of the bargains reached.
Now we have a Democratic president acting all bipartisan as if it's a concession to Republicans when 1) it should be the normal course to take on matters of national importance rather than a major concession and 2) we Republicans have NO reason to believe that it's anything more than expedient rhetoric AND no reason whatsoever to believe that Democrats will follow through on THEIR part of the bargain (because history proves they most likely will not).
I'm sick of all this posturing by Democrats as if bipartisanship is a grand concession by them. Historically(!) they use it like a club to get Republicans to enter into another deal they have no intention of honoring. In the end their version of bipartisanship will most likely result in Republicans getting nothing and Democrats getting pretty much what they want. Their history of dishonoring their 'commitments' has everything to do with why we're in this situation and it has everything to do with our resistance to their version of compromise.
We compromised on sub-prime mortgages and look where that got us. We wanted it more limited and better regulated and they promised they'd take care of it. But they didn't and look where that got us: broken promise = recession. And then they have the audacity to blame the recession on Republicans. Good Grief! Can you understand why we're beginning to feel too uncomfortable with Democratic versions of 'compromise'?
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