You are part of the problem, with your steep requirements.
There is an old joke describing perfectionists like you.
A religious man, who trusted Gd implicitly, lived in a town that was hit by a storm like never before. Soon the streets were flooded yet the storm raged on. A man in a boat rowed by and exhorted the neighbors to all climb in and be rowed to safety. This one man turned him down, saying, “The good Lrd will protect me! I trust in Him!” But the rain kept pouring down.
The first floor of his home was soon under water. From the top floor window he saw a large boat coming by, searching for survivors. They waved him to jump into the ship, but he refused. “The good Lrd will keep me safe! I trust in Him!” The ship moved on.
Soon the man was forced to climb to his roof and cling with all his might to his chimney top. He heard a whirring overhead, and saw a helicopter trying to drop him a ladder. He waved them on, shouting into the wind that he was sure to be protected by Gd, and trusted only in Him. The water kept rising, and soon it was higher than his chimney. He couldn’t get his head out of water enough to keep breathing, and he passed away. A moment later he was in Heaven with his chance to be face to face with his Creator.
“My Lrd! Why did you leave me? All my life I trusted in You and You let me die in that storm!!”
The Creator of the Universe responded, “what do you want? I sent you two boats and a helicopter!”
Sticking to your list of perfection, you are soon to be clinging to your chimney top. And if your next comment is to be, “so I have to agree with everything McConnell and boner say?!” Just save it. That is not what this article or this thread is about. It’s not about getting along with political enemies. It’s about putting our main goal in concrete, tattooing it in our minds, and working toward it in 500 small ways, from all directions, strategizing and winning.
Perfectionist?
Here's my list of requirements for federal-level government position:
And if your next comment is to be, “so I have to agree with everything McConnell and boner say?!” Just save it. That is not what this article or this thread is about. It’s not about getting along with political enemies.
I'm sorry, but the list of people in the Republican party who aren't my political enemy [off the top of my head] is pretty short:
It’s about putting our main goal in concrete, tattooing it in our minds, and working toward it in 500 small ways, from all directions, strategizing and winning.
And what's wrong with pointing out that the Republican party, as-a-party, is all talk and no action?
They are not for Freedom, they are not for Liberty, they are not for Justice — they are, by their actions and inactions for all power in the hands of the state, to the degree that a baker or photographer can be enslaved to support with their trade things that they find morally and religiously objectionable, they are for the indefinite detainment
of "terrorists", they are for the spying on millions of people who have not even reached a point of reasonable suspicion.
That is the party that you are trying to insinuate is not my political enemy.