Let The Negotiations Begin!

You have probably noticed that Republican drones on TV have been calling for President Obama to show leadership. By that they mean that he should open negotiations with the neo-Confederate congressional terrorists. He should give them something, anything, so their countless attempts to scare us won't look foolish. The Democrats, on the other hand, see firm leadership in the fact that President has taken a no-negotiation stance on Obamacare. Can these opposing positions find a compromise in which both sides agree that the President is a leader? According to a local Letter-To-The-Editor writer, the answer is yes.

The Republicans have a demand they want to discuss. The problem is that the Democrats have put no demands on the table. If we hold a negotiating session, the Republicans can demand, as they currently do, that the Affordable Care Act be postponed for one year. The Democrats can demand that the Glass-Steagall Act be reinstituted, that private funding for political campaigns be banned, that gun owners be registered, that oil and coal companies be taxed to fund green energy, that we return to the tax rates we had under Eisenhower and that the force of gravity be weakened by 9% over the next two years.

I say, let the negotiations begin.