Who are the most bipartisan politicians at the national level? Both in how they vote and socialize.

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Anonymous wrote:Massie.

He's willing to piss off the King. I'll give you that.

But how does he cooperate with Democrats?

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Anonymous wrote:Can they listen to, debate with, and hang out with someone with opposing views? I’m thinking of RBG and Scalia being able to tussle about legal/political matters yet be friends who bonded over opera(?). I would like to hear more about people like that. Those are people I want leading us. Not people who are digging deeper trenches on each side of the aisle.

I’m uninterested in bipartisanship. There’s almost nothing we can agree on. I would be interested in amicably dividing the country into two self-governing halves in order to avoid civil war.

This again...how would it be amicable? Nearly every state has blue areas and red areas. There would be dozens or hundreds of armed groups that would try to take advantage of the instability.

Separate the states and the people will follow.

Like in the Balkans?

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Fetterman. One of the representatives from Maine voted with Republicans a bit.

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Politicians today cannot spell bipartisanship, let alone comprehend the word’s meaning or importance.

Fetterman is the only one recently “caught” conversing over a meal with the other side. I’m not a Republican and I’m not a Fetterman fan, but I was pleasantly surprised by this. The rest are too emotionally fragile like Trump.

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Anonymous wrote:Fetterman. One of the representatives from Maine voted with Republicans a bit.

US Senator Fetterman from Pennsylvania and the Republican US Senator from Maine are both reasonable individuals willing to listen and to hear both sides of an issue.

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A different take as to why centrism won't work, and is actually counter-productive to centrist ideals during a time like this: https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2025/07/what-exactly-is-required-to-preserve-our-democracy/683492/?gift=xC_35bkfSCnmAUbAzEjt0UG3iHnYMmNyqWIXW6ETd_k&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Of course, it depends on whether you see Trump as fundamentally anti-democratic or not.

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Anonymous wrote:A different take as to why centrism won't work, and is actually counter-productive to centrist ideals during a time like this: https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2025/07/what-exactly-is-required-to-preserve-our-democracy/683492/?gift=xC_35bkfSCnmAUbAzEjt0UG3iHnYMmNyqWIXW6ETd_k&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Of course, it depends on whether you see Trump as fundamentally anti-democratic or not.

Wiping out half the country to align solely with one side or the other isn’t a great option.

Bipartisanship doesn’t necessarily mean centrist. It does, however, mean listening to what people have to say ans being open to the idea that you’re not always right on every issue, every time.

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Anonymous wrote:Politicians today cannot spell bipartisanship, let alone comprehend the word’s meaning or importance.

Fetterman is the only one recently “caught” conversing over a meal with the other side. I’m not a Republican and I’m not a Fetterman fan, but I was pleasantly surprised by this. The rest are too emotionally fragile like Trump.

Bipartisanship doesn't motivate the hyper-partisan sheep to donate their hard earned money to our rotten major political parties. Division and hatred for the other is the trigger for the Fox News and MSNBC watching grandma and grandpas to forfeit a portion of their monthly incomes to fund RNC and DNC candidates.

Why give your hard earned money to politicians if you don't hate the other side? These political parties have us all figured out and we're all pawns in their money making schemes. Stop hating the other "side" and start seeing the big picture for what it is!

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The "two sides" are the liberals and the progressives, like in every civilized country.

The Nazis don't deserve a seat at any table.

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Anonymous wrote:The "two sides" are the liberals and the progressives, like in every civilized country.

The Nazis don't deserve a seat at any table.

The two sides are the regular American people and the ultra-wealthy financial backers of our two major political parties. Stop being a gullible sheep. Your fellow Americans are on your team. If you aren't smart enough to realize this, you may as well join other low IQ sheep in the MAGA crowd.

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Anonymous wrote:Politicians today cannot spell bipartisanship, let alone comprehend the word’s meaning or importance.

Fetterman is the only one recently “caught” conversing over a meal with the other side. I’m not a Republican and I’m not a Fetterman fan, but I was pleasantly surprised by this. The rest are too emotionally fragile like Trump.

Bipartisanship doesn't motivate the hyper-partisan sheep to donate their hard earned money to our rotten major political parties. Division and hatred for the other is the trigger for the Fox News and MSNBC watching grandma and grandpas to forfeit a portion of their monthly incomes to fund RNC and DNC candidates.

Why give your hard earned money to politicians if you don't hate the other side? These political parties have us all figured out and we're all pawns in their money making schemes. Stop hating the other "side" and start seeing the big picture for what it is!

There is lot of truth to what you wrote.

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Anonymous wrote:Fetterman. One of the representatives from Maine voted with Republicans a bit.

US Senator Fetterman from Pennsylvania and the Republican US Senator from Maine are both reasonable individuals willing to listen and to hear both sides of an issue.

Susan Collins?! Oh sure. She'll listen and talk about how concerned she is...but while Mitch was in charge she did what he told her to. Every single time.

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Anonymous wrote:Fetterman. One of the representatives from Maine voted with Republicans a bit.

US Senator Fetterman from Pennsylvania and the Republican US Senator from Maine are both reasonable individuals willing to listen and to hear both sides of an issue.

Susan Collins?! Oh sure. She'll listen and talk about how concerned she is...but while Mitch was in charge she did what he told her to. Every single time.

There are many decent human beings in Congress but at the end of the day, they have to do what the money wants them to do or else they won't be around much longer. The money feeds off of division; not bipartisanship.

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Anonymous wrote:Fetterman. One of the representatives from Maine voted with Republicans a bit.

Jared Golden. And there are a few other Blue Dog Democrats like him - Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is another one.

Brian Fitzpatrick is one of the only ones in the House GOP. There are a bunch of pretend moderates like Mike Lawler who seem reasonable but vote with the nutjobs every time.

In the Senate, the Rs who voted for the Infrastructure Bill come the closest although I’m not sure how many are left.

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The Senate has basically stopped allowing the minority party to offer amendments. Something called 'filling the tree' that Harry Reid started to take away their opportunities.

When you could offer amendments, bills would be more bipartisan.