Hamas, Fatah, & House Ethics Rules

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[desidono.livejournal.com]

I disagree that it doesn't have anything to do with the discussion at hand, but to your original point, yes, I think the democrats are not following all the platform pieces they used to get elected. With that said, they're a magnitude better than the opposition in this regard. Not saying it's good, just better than the alternative. This turns it from a black and white argument to one of greyscale and nuance.

[j0kerr.livejournal.com]

My argument is that they broke their promises, which it looks like you agree with me on that.

You are still staying its ok and we should tolerate the broken promises because they are better than the others.

This is pointing at bad behavior to justify bad behavior, not good.

[desidono.livejournal.com]

I'm being a realist. The alternative is worse. I can support candidates who are ethical and don't believe in pork, but unless you're advocating for the overthrow of the US gov't, that's the only way one can impact change.

[j0kerr.livejournal.com]

The reality is that instead of saying...well, I'm still being punched but not as hard as that guy punched me so its ok, you say, hey, I'm being punched and I need to stop it.