What kind of dame writes a thing like this?

I'M A HANDFUL! Unfortunately most women won't repost this. I'm strong-willed, funny, independent, and outspoken, I make mistakes, I am sometimes out of control and at times hard to handle—but if you can't handle me at my worst then you sure don't deserve me at my best.

But I do deserve you at your worst? Come off it, Madam.

Apparently President Obama has been bugging the J&M Tavern, and the talk among my lefty friends there has been bugging him. Because when a reporter implied at yesterday's press conference that he's weak for making legislative compromises with Republicans, Obama went on a controlled rant that we made our Vital Speech of the Week.*

Now, if that's the standard by which we are measuring success or core principles, then let's face it, we will never get anything done. People will have the satisfaction of having a purist position and no victories for the American people. And we will be able to feel good about ourselves and sanctimonious about how pure our intentions are and how tough we are, and in the meantime, the American people are still seeing themselves not able to get health insurance because of preexisting conditions or not being able to pay their bills because their unemployment insurance ran out.

That can't be the measure of how we think about our public service. That can't be the measure of what it means to be a Democrat. This is a big, diverse country. Not everybody agrees with us. I know that shocks people. The New York Times editorial page does not permeate across all of America. Neither does The Wall Street Journal editorial page. Most Americans, they're just trying to figure out how to go about their lives and how can we make sure that our elected officials are looking out for us. And that means because it's a big, diverse country and people have a lot of complicated positions, it means that in order to get stuff done, we're going to compromise.

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