{"id":33608,"date":"2021-02-02T08:53:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T14:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/?p=33608"},"modified":"2021-02-10T13:20:57","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T19:20:57","slug":"how-to-stop-democrats-from-getting-anything-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/02\/how-to-stop-democrats-from-getting-anything-done\/","title":{"rendered":"How to stop Democrats from getting anything done."},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the Republican playbook:<\/p>\n

Early 2009: We’ll vote for your bill if you make the stimulus smaller.<\/p>\n

OK we’ll do that. Vote for our bill!<\/p>\n

No.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Late 2009: We’ll vote for your bill if you leave out most of the important provisions.<\/p>\n

OK, we’ll do that. Vote for our bill!<\/p>\n

\"\"No.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2010: Hey, we have this bill for immigration reform.<\/p>\n

OK, but we’ll vote for that if you remove most of the provisions.<\/p>\n

OK. In fact, we’ll make our bill exactly like your bill from two years ago. Vote for our bill now!<\/p>\n

No.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2021: Hey, we’ll vote for your bill if you make all the help smaller.<\/p>\n

Um …<\/em><\/p>\n

Democrats: Wise up! There is not bipartisanship. There has not been bipartisanship in decades.<\/p>\n

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This is the Republican playbook: Early 2009: We’ll vote for your bill if you make the stimulus smaller. OK we’ll do that. Vote for our bill! No. Late 2009: We’ll vote for your bill if you leave out most of the important provisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6205,5026],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/McConnell.png?fit=400%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-8K4","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33608"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33635,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33608\/revisions\/33635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}