On Not Compromising With Satan

Compromise For Idiots - Esquire

...Compromise is not a conjuring word. It is not a magic spell. Most specifically, it is not an end in and of itself. It is not "the way democracy is supposed to work." Democracy contains compromise. It is both a vehicle for achieving it and an arena within which to demonstrate the value of compromise and, at its best, which it certainly is not at the moment, it is a marvelous environment within which compromise can flourish. But it does not necessarily require it, not on every issue and not in every circumstance, and certainly not at the moment, when the feral children in the Republican caucus of the House Of Representatives appear to have every intention of blowing up the national economy, and their own legislative leadership, and (arguably) their own political party, rather than accede to a bipartisan compromise economic plan produced by the vice-president and the United States Senate.

It is time -- indeed, it is past time -- for the "concerns" of maniacs to be ignored, and the maniacs themselves to be marginalized. It is time for some federal money to certain congressional districts to start drying up. It's time for some legislative courtesies to be denied. It is time for some serious application of Article II to the melons of certain members of Congress. It is time for the vandals to be rolled. The first step in that process is for Democrats, including the president, to start calling things for what they are, and calling people for who they are...