I'm not going to label you or anyone here. I haven't posted for 3 weeks and probably won't for a good while again.
I see the points of the defenders of the deal, but they don't persuade me.
Once upon a time, we had common sense in this nation. Now we have nuance, rationalization, excuses for stuff that doesn't make sense.
Excuse me, but I don't even know what Republican means anymore. Nevertheless, I look forward to a process and outcome that is in the best interests of our nation.
Well, perhaps I can bring clarity to one aspect at least.
Being a Republican typically means you support the advancement of the growth of the Party. You embrace the platform generally agreed upon by the Majority of your party. If the President is of the Republican Party, with some deference to him/her. It's as simple as that.
It is why I am not a member of a political Party.
I go issue by issue, man or woman pitted against man or woman. Idealogy vs ideology. I understand the platform of a politiacl party is subject to the polling winds of a nation, and so no bitterness in that respect if I don't see eye to eye with the "party". Bitterness only arises when the "party" pledges and wins election on specifics, then abandons the specifics in the course of the term they won. When promises are broken, I do not respond well. This doesn't mean they are beholden to the same campaign platform in their next election, only the term in which they won by using it.
As to your posting habits, as you will it. I've posted through more heated arguments than this deal. The most contentious of my short term was Shiavo.
On this issue, I find no fault with anyone opposing this deal or supporting it provided they have factual arguments. My only problem centers around the manner of debate, not that there is disagreement on the deal itself. Nothing wrong with hashing it out, pros and cons. The debate itself can be good.