What about dangerous demagogues like AOC, or the modern day aristos like Warren or Pelosi who radiate let them eat cake energy? how could you possibly love that if you don't agree with them?
I don't agree with half of what my current employer wants, I still do it. I can respect a person for their craft, love the nature of what lets them do it, but still not like them on a personal level. Hell, I personally have a great distaste for Trump, but I respect and admire him for how he interacts with politics.
In the end, I will never pretend to be some moral entity. I'd be lying. I am a pragmatic opportunist to some degree and would work for whoever wants me in the end.
Which is which? Because the farms tend to slide between hard facts and amused apathy with startling ease at times.
Amused apathy mostly, but the hard facts occasionally here are why I visit it on work hours. Helps keep me in the right mindset for work. Sadly, it also means I cannot turn it off during work.
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What abysmal numbers. I don't think i've seen worse yet.
I do enjoy seeing hard numbers come out that help prove I do work where I say I do. Been saying this was the differential on Biden and Harris' approval for quite some time.
This would be the main problem with the bill, Gehenna. That would in fact be the stand-out difference.
I think I now know what I am seeing that I think you are not. What this is, is the normal amounts of Pork meant to be spread out over 4 years, put into 1 bill. Which... really is sobering to see the quad-yearly pricetag.
So why is this distinction more important than the sheer size of it? Well, put simply it's the RINOs deciding to make sure they can get everything they want so they can fuck off to moderate ville and not help anything else unless they get paid specifically. The numbers are funny money, but because it's all stuff they'd be expecting... it doesn't really incentivize them to vote for any bigger bills.
It is, in essence, the RINOs securing their own funds at the expense of the nation, but it is funds they were promised well in advance. They got theirs, so why risk their necks for more?
Consider this element of RINO psychology. When was the last time you saw a RINO stick his neck out for anything? Does the word "Courage" or "Reckless" come to mind when you think of RINOs? No, no it does not. They take only the safest bets, then pretend to be proper Republicans anytime there's an actual risk.
This bill was 'safe'. There is nothing to pin their balls to inside the bill, nothing that can be pointed to and the base really riled up over. This means that with Gingrich generally not loved in the party he will have a hard time finding primary contenders... assuming he even actually tries. Trump is already going to be waging war on too many fronts as is, and won't be able to really spare much more than token support for any contenders against them without said ammo.
The bill was 'safe'. secure, got them money, and let them maintain their image.
Any other bills the Democrats want won't be safe. They will have things that can be pointed to, things that can be used as ammo by either Gingrich or Trump. So, despite the price tag, this infrastructure bill does not portend future bills. Because it's so god damned beige.
BTW: The fact it can't be used to fuck them pisses me off like you would not believe.
Very, Governors are Executive branch just like the Presidency is. Those within the same branch and same party avoid publically opposing eachother normally to maintain the illusion of a unified front.