We are hearing it from all over

[subdjoe]

I see that the left is now urgently telling us that it is time to forget our differences, that we are all just good old Americans, and we need to MoveOn. Funny how the left has ignored that call for the past 8 years, but now we are supposed to just lay back, think of America, and let it happen.

I loved DiFis little talk about the majority party reaching out, but it is up to the minority party to make the concessions. When the GOP held the majority, they were the ones who were expected to reach out and make concessions to the minority. Interesting how the Dems are never the ones that are expected to make the concessions.

[The Big Dog]

History has shown it again and again... the right compromises and gives concessions. The left never has and never will.

We are now supposed to be good little workers, give half or more of our pay over to government and live our lives in tolerance and diversity under the shining benevolence (and control) of the government.

Our founders have got to be sitting somewhere wondering just what the hell has happened, even though I bet they already know. They cautioned against it, in clear and certain terms, repeatedly.

[surefire]

The extreme left thrive on elitism. The world must cater to them, and it is their given right to be arrogant and unwilling to yield. Feinstein and Pelosi are fine examples of elitists. Another fine example of elitism comes from the California state senate... Don Perata.

[jgaffney]

Randall Hoven hhad this interesting article at American Thinker:

Let us review the last eight years and see how often we did work with the Democrats and how that worked out for us.

• Prescription coverage under Medicare....
  
  
• No Child Left Behind....
  
  
• Campaign Finance Reform....
  
  
• AmeriCorps....
  
  
• International Aid....
  
  
• Ethanol....
  
  
• Iraq War....

For all these efforts in reaching out, President Bush is called "the most divisive President in modern American history" . Googling "President Bush" with "divisive" gets 92,000 hits. With "unilateral" gets 115,000 hits. And with "cowboy" gets 737,000 hits.

In 2003, Dick Gephardt (D-MO), Minority Leader of the House and presidential candidate at the time, said this: "This is a Republican bill. Therefore it's a bad bill."

Why do Republicans keep thinking their problem is not cooperating enough with Democrats? Name one thing Democrats have been willing to support in the last 40 years that did not increase the size, scope and intrusiveness of the federal government.

I will mirror Gephardt's admonition. If Democrats support it, it can't be good. Just as Groucho Marx would not be a member of a club that would have him as a member, Republicans should not support legislation that has significant Democratic support.

There's a joke where the husband wants a dog and his wife wants a cat, so they compromise and get a cat. With Democrats, every "compromise" is a cat. A bloated budget, bureaucratic, cat.

How often do Democrats reach out to Republicans? Joe Lieberman did, on just one issue. The Democrats left him high and dry in his next primary election, and essentially kicked him out of the party. He is now in the Senate as an Independent. That's how they reach out. (At least he knows how to pay them back.)

Here's an example of how they compromise. In the great debate on abortion, where one side says life starts at conception and the other says not until birth, Barack Obama wants to compromise by making sure even babies born alive after a "botched" abortion get no health care.

So please, Republicans, spare me the bi-partisan, reaching out talk. We are putting country first when we stick to traditional Republican themes; that's why we have them.

See the article for details on the bullet points.

The point remains that the Democrats' idea of compromise is for the Republicans to play along. "Be reasonable - do it my way!"