James Wolcott - I understand that one of the purposes of bipartisanship is to cram something difficu...

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I understand that one of the purposes of bipartisanship is to cram something difficult and necessary down the American people's gullets for which neither party has the fortitude to assume full responsibility. It's a way of turning a possible gangplank into a teeter-totter.

James Wolcott

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Ich verstehe, dass es eines der Ziele der Zweipartei ist, etwas Schwieriges und Notwendiges in die Speiseräume des amerikanischen Volkes zu stopfen, für das keine Partei die Kraft hat, die volle Verantwortung zu übernehmen. Es ist eine Möglichkeit, aus einer möglichen Laufplanke einen Pendelschwinger zu machen.

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