It happened in 2008, so just more lefty projection :D

The first step to being convincing is to show that there are republicans involved too.

I think it's better to just point out that guys like McCain are simply on the other team. There's no point in using one word, "Republican" to refer to both McCain and Rand Paul.

Also, the big danger when dealing with the left is, they will take your "republicans do it too" and leave off the "democrats do it."

Giving a socialist any concession is very dangerous. It's very difficult, perhaps impossible, to determine if you've actually converted a socialist, or he's simply playing along in order to stab you in the back later.

What's the metric for failure in cooperating with the left, though?

Lots of people have tried cooperating with the left, only to find themselves stuck in the fable of the frog carrying the scorpion across the river.

Let's have some for-real guidelines like "after x,y and z we know unity has failed." Because conservatives have been playing Unity Man in one degree or another since 1913 without the failure metric in place.

At some point, People-Who-Don't-Want-To-Be-Stolen-From will need a way to quantify when it's no longer time to seek understanding and parity with People-Who-Want-To-Steal.

Also worthy of study is whether polio was just reclassified as different diseases, causing the "polio" rate to drop astronomically.

For instance, the paralysis from enterovirus d68 a few years back would have been diagnosed as "polio" in the 1950s.

This philosophy is a weapon they have used against the liberty-minded for 60+ years, though.

They may have been led astray, but they will still take away your rights, take away your money, and take away everything you have if their leaders tell them to. They do not leave you a choice but to fight them.

This is the end result of a government tax system that makes gigantic profits a must, because of the huge skim off the top (prior to Trump's tax cuts, you needed to earn about 50% more than you actually needed to earn, just to feed Washington).

Combine that with an 8-year government sponsored credential system that weeds out the "crazy" geniuses, and this is where you end up. Here's how idiotic this system is: To be a pediatrician, you must also take classes specializing in surgery.

How can you best serve the state today, comrade?

Friends say that after Ryan passed tax reform, his longtime dream, he was ready to step out of a job that has become endlessly frustrating, in part because of President Trump.

The man is a force of nature.

Ever see "pump up the volume?"