Ted Rall for February 22, 2016

That’s called the classic way of pandering to the “lesser of two evils” lobby. Act a leeeeetle less insane than the opposite number and get the votes. After all, you’re the “lesser” evil, right?

Sounds like the Obama eight years.

And that is why America is falling behind the rest of the world,thanks Republicans.

The Vicar’s syntax may be hard to follow, but I believe you are paraphrasing what [he] said. Paring down double negatives, Obama’s compromises emboldened the Gops.

The ACA was one of the Obama Administration’s gifts to corporate America. This country should join the civilized world in viewing health care as a right, not a privilege, and institute single payer.

I cannot see how either of the current ideologies can benefit all the American people. A superposition yes, but continual confrontation and disrespect, no. I would like to the United States united not disenchanted and angry.

You right wingers would like that.

Mitch said he would make Obama a one term president.Now Mitch is politicizing Scalia’s death. The Republican lies and depravity have no end.

@Comicsfan222 It means he’s blaming Dems for becoming more centrist and appealing to more Americans, for the Republicans becoming the party of wingnuts. Darn Democrats.

If we had a healthy left in this country it would be concerned with the reality of the present world. The left should stop taking religious arguments as serious answers to political questions. The moral and practical problems of capitalism cannot be reformed away from within the system. A moral social system is achievable through building a post-capitalist world. A healthy left political movement would recognize racial discrimination needs to be eliminated and is one of the most important tasks in modern society. Gender discrimination should be one of the most central responsibilities of a left political movement and it would fight sexism. The left should recognize the illegitimacy of the nation-state as a product of capitalism and imperialism. A healthy left wing would fight to eliminate borders as structures designed explicitly to separate classes. Violence is a tool of establishment and power and we need to stop waging the ceaseless campaign of violence against less powerful nations. A liberal party would not concede the language of personal freedom and political liberty to conservatism, but would insist that only economic egalitarianism can truly result in real freedom, and would work to achieve that freedom for all people in all places. Until you see a candidate speaking on these topics. Or the Republicans stop talking like this in counterpoint, we won’t have an even playing field for Left, Right and Moderate politics.

I am so glad Herr Trump removed the rules of PC and encouraged us to say what was really on our minds.

The Republican Party is now America’s largest hate groupLed by Donald Trump, the GOP has abandoned its traditional dogwhistles in favor of a more overt approach to racism.

http://www.salon.com/2015/11/27/the_republican_party_is_now_americas_largest_hate_group/

The Politics of Hate: The Cornerstone of the Republican Party

http://www.forwardprogressives.com/politics-hate-cornerstone-republican-party/

Calling Out the Republican Party as a Hate Group

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33777-calling-out-the-republican-party-as-a-hate-group

Why do so many Republicans hate President Obama?20 Answers

https://www.quora.com/Why-do-so-many-Republicans-hate-President-Obama

Why does the GOP hate poor people?Tuesday, July 7, 2015 | Posted by Jim Hightower

http://www.jimhightower.com/node/8661#.Vst4LyArLnA

Republican Hatred Overshadows America’s Founding Values

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gerry-myers/republican-hatred-oversha_b_5564006.html

Donald Trump Isn’t the ProblemIt’s time we face the fact that he’s just channeling the bigotry of the Republican Party’s base.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/12/donald_trump_is_expressing_the_bigotry_of_the_republican_party_s_base.html

Name two things Republicans have done for the USA in the last six years.

Increasingly The World Sees Republicans As The Greatest Threat To America

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/11/09/increasingly-world-sees-republicans-greatest-threat-america.html

Why even bother with that? Let’s just create an insane computer A.I. and let it run things.

Explosive New Polls Show GOP Poised To Lose Senate Seats If They Block Obama SCOTUS NomineeBy Jason Easley on Mon, Feb 22nd, 2016 at 5:26 pmTwo new polls of Ohio and Pennsylvania revealed that voters are outraged over the Republican plan to block President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee. The anger is so strong that it could cost the GOP incumbent Senate seats in both states.

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/02/22/republicans-poised-lose-senate-seats-ohio-pa-block-obama-scotus-nominee.html

Pr. Obama’s “willingness to compromise”? Please provide examples. For example, do you mean when Obama shut all Congressional Republicans out of debating the PPACA (aka Obamacare) before it passed? Do you mean Obama’s decision to ignore his military advisers and congresspeople from both parties by pulling out of Iraq and overthrowing Gaddafi, leaving a power vacuum where ISIS formed? Do you mean him releasing prisoners from Gitmo, at least 30% of which have have either returned to the fight against the United States, or are suspected of doing so?

“Compromise” takes more than taking an extreme position and insisting that everybody else come to you.

How many would you have him quote? 5 or 6 hundred? 5 or 6 thousand? It seems reasonable that the world could be apprehensive about another Republican president with a “Hulk smash!” foreign policy.

So, your approach to foreign policy is getting more sophisticated. Hulk not care! Hulk smash!