[malakhi]

Perennial whiners/chicken-littles/agitators are happier when we are making absolutely NO forward progress.

Political naifs having a temper tantrum when they don't get everything they want, NOW! They don't understand, or refuse to accept, the reality of how politics works.

[pollyannaish]

Someday, somehow people will learn that policy and politics are different. One is a map of where you'd like to go...the other is about bringing the country along with you.

This is not, and if I have anything to say about it NEVER WILL BE a dictatorship—even if I agree with the dictator. That means that we must put up with many, many people we disagree with and still work with them. It's called FREEDOM.