TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoCentrist GOP effort to reinstate McCarthy picks up steam after Israel attackswww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down111
arrow-up1155arrow-down1external-linkCentrist GOP effort to reinstate McCarthy picks up steam after Israel attackswww.politico.comTheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareoriginalfrozenbanana@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down3·1 year agoThat sounds nice but the GOP has no interest in consensus based governance. Cooperating with them means acquiescing or losing
minus-squareatzanteollinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoOr it comes with rules changes and members chairing committees?
minus-squareoriginalfrozenbanana@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoBecause you expect them to keep their word. Which they don’t do.
minus-squareoriginalfrozenbanana@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoPersonally I don’t see a way back for American democracy barring a literal revolutionary movement in the conservative base that somehow…moderates them? And that’s just not what revolutionaries do, and misaligned with the GOP’s backers want.
That sounds nice but the GOP has no interest in consensus based governance. Cooperating with them means acquiescing or losing
Or it comes with rules changes and members chairing committees?
Because you expect them to keep their word. Which they don’t do.
Burn it all down then?
Personally I don’t see a way back for American democracy barring a literal revolutionary movement in the conservative base that somehow…moderates them? And that’s just not what revolutionaries do, and misaligned with the GOP’s backers want.