Sometimes, When Everyone Is Lining Up Against It - You Should Stop Doing It
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Both Sides Against the Mushy Middle There is an argument oft posited in politics that if the Left and Right are both opposed to what you're doing - you must be doing something right. That you have found the sweet spot of policy excellence - betwixt and between the ideological bounds that surround you. And occasionally, that is the case. But not usually. Usually, if you’ve displeased everyone engaged enough to actually take a strong stand on things, what you’ve made is mush - that only the mushy middle can stomach. We’re currently witnessing the making of mush in Washington, D.C. - the three un-passable phases of the Obamacare replacement. This is some serious mush-making - because Obamacare itself is just that awful, and We the People have been electing people to get rid of it for now almost a decade. So to leave this many people un-sated - means you ain’t hitting the mark. Granted, no one on the Left is going to do anything to undo the awfulness - but they’re in the minority (in large part for standing steadfastly by this awfulness). But the replacement’s pronounced mushiness has also lost it large swaths of the Right. Best move at this point? Pull the plug - and head back to the drawing board. DC serves for the rest of the country (and the planet) as a
Sometimes, When Everyone Is Lining Up Against It - You Should Stop Doing It
Sometimes, When Everyone Is Lining Up Against…
Sometimes, When Everyone Is Lining Up Against It - You Should Stop Doing It
Both Sides Against the Mushy Middle There is an argument oft posited in politics that if the Left and Right are both opposed to what you're doing - you must be doing something right. That you have found the sweet spot of policy excellence - betwixt and between the ideological bounds that surround you. And occasionally, that is the case. But not usually. Usually, if you’ve displeased everyone engaged enough to actually take a strong stand on things, what you’ve made is mush - that only the mushy middle can stomach. We’re currently witnessing the making of mush in Washington, D.C. - the three un-passable phases of the Obamacare replacement. This is some serious mush-making - because Obamacare itself is just that awful, and We the People have been electing people to get rid of it for now almost a decade. So to leave this many people un-sated - means you ain’t hitting the mark. Granted, no one on the Left is going to do anything to undo the awfulness - but they’re in the minority (in large part for standing steadfastly by this awfulness). But the replacement’s pronounced mushiness has also lost it large swaths of the Right. Best move at this point? Pull the plug - and head back to the drawing board. DC serves for the rest of the country (and the planet) as a