Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"We all want the perfect. We want it yesterday. And it is true without question that if we do not get voting rights legislation done our nation as we know it is in serious danger of losing its democracy. I am not unaware.

"However this President took over a complete and total gut job. If this nation were a house another contractor might have advised to take it down to the studs or just tear it down for the land value. Nothing did not need fixing. So imagine you are a wise, seasoned, and talented builder. But everything you want to do is blocked by the Republicans. Let's call them a flipper.

"They want to let you do nothing. Zip. They want to do this so you give up, and they take over the property and try to flip it. But on top of that, there is reticence among your own crew to do the rehab.

"Too costly you are told. Time consuming, impractical, in fact, some say impossible. But you have to have some crew in order to get any work done. So you eschew arguing publicly for a more nuanced, hands-off approach to management. You put the onus on them to come up with a plan.

"But the investors, we voters, want it fixed fast. They see your style as delay and procrastination, because they want this property fixed now. You try to explain that while you may be the contractor in charge, one person can not rebuild an entire house. You need partners.

"You don't want to run crew off, or you will not be able to do any repairs and you might lose the property.

"So here we are. America is less of a mess than it was, but still just because the rain is not pouring in through the roof does not mean the foundation is fixed."

-- Rule of Claw (on Dkos), 2021-07-23 [thanks to extraarcha for pointing this out to me]