Guardian: It's time for Democrats to go low

[Cirsium]

33. Voters, or dollars?

My Dad told me a story once about my grandfather paying the kids a penny for every dead fly they brought him. The kids quickly figured out that the more flies they let into the house, the more money they could make, so when my grandfather wasn't there they would open the doors and windows and let in more lies.

We have a small army of "allies" grifting off of this catastrophe. The more power the Republicans have, the more dire the situation, the more money there is to be made.

We "pay" the Democratic party leadership to get rid of the "flies" - the right wing. When we aren't looking, they keep letting more "flies" into the "house" - compromising with, working with, normalizing, and in general playing bipartisan footsie with the republicans and groping across the aisle.

Before the election: "The Republicans are an existential threat to the nation! Send money!"

After the election: "I think we can work with them."