A Republican and a Democratic Senator survive together on a deserted island - Polidicks

[quote]Washington (CNN) -- Is bipartisanship in Washington really dead? Not for a pair of junior senators from different parties who flew to the other side of the world to see whether they could experience across-the-aisle cooperation by living for a week on a deserted island with almost no provisions. Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, and Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, came back to the Capitol from their survivalist adventure in the Marshall Islands last month -- which was shot for an upcoming Discovery channel special -- poking fun at each other like best friends and finishing each others' sentences like brothers. "All of a sudden he thought he was part of the Screen Actors Guild," Flake joshed. "Five o'clock. No more fishing." "20 hour limit to the day," Heinrich deadpanned. They stood for an impromptu session with a small group of reporters Thursday, after stepping off the Senate floor where they had voted, perhaps not surprisingly, opposite one another on a campaign finance bill. They said the idea for the trip was sparked a year ago during a late-night series of floor votes where they compared past trips each had taken to spear fish. "Jeff had his iPad and showed me some pictures of the last trip he did with his kids. Then I started to show him pictures of fish I had speared on various trips," said Heinrich. "He speared bigger fish than I had," Flake said. "So I thought ..." "Hey, there might be some value here," Heinrich interjected, completing Flake's thought. Flake knew what he needed because he has some previous survivalist experience. A year ago, he and his sons spent a week on a similar deserted island. Discovery allowed them to take only three provisions on the sandy atoll but the senators refused to say what they were -- "tune in," they responded in unison. But they had clothes. "That was a nonstarter," Flake said. "We were afraid but not naked."[/quote] [url]http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/11/politics/survivalist-senators/index.html[/url]

They might be polar opposites politically, but when it comes down to it they are all humble humans. If they could only apply the humbleness to their politics and understand the needs of the people maybe we'd get somewhere.

Okay now round up the rest of them, put em on the island and leave them there.

[QUOTE=CubeManv2;45975199]They might be polar opposites politically, but when it comes down to it they are all humble humans. If they could only apply the humbleness to their politics and understand the needs of the people maybe we'd get somewhere.[/QUOTE] They're not polar opposites, in fact the belief that the two parties are the polar opposite of each other is part of the larger problem.

And then they kissed?

I don't have a lot of faith in Discovery making something that doesn't just add gasoline to the fire.

[QUOTE=Wealth + Taste;45975351]They're not polar opposites, in fact the belief that the two parties are the polar opposite of each other is part of the larger problem.[/QUOTE] There was this chart mapping US vs European parties (that contribute to the government) along two axes... I can't find it right now, but the gist is that both of them are more or less in the same edge of the chart, without active parties we'd call moderate or opposition here. [editline]14th September 2014[/editline] I think the data wasn't sourced, but it's fairly accurate imo.

I thought the title was some metaphor for the political situation there. Never thought it'll be real. Goddamn those newspaper opinion articles always using metaphors when it comes to anything about politics.

[QUOTE=CubeManv2;45975199]They might be polar opposites politically, but when it comes down to it they are all humble humans.[/QUOTE] Kind of how the woodstock festival works. It's three days of "shut up about politics and have fun"

lord of the flies with politicians pls

[QUOTE=CubeManv2;45975199]They might be polar opposites politically, but when it comes down to it they are all humble humans. If they could only apply the humbleness to their politics and understand the needs of the people maybe we'd get somewhere.[/QUOTE] I think the thing with them getting along here is that there's no corporate interests pushing for one side to go fishing while the other one pushes for them to build a shelter :v:

[QUOTE=Tamschi;45976478]There was this chart mapping US vs European parties (that contribute to the government) along two axes... I can't find it right now, but the gist is that both of them are more or less in the same edge of the chart, without active parties we'd call moderate or opposition here. [editline]14th September 2014[/editline] I think the data wasn't sourced, but it's fairly accurate imo.[/QUOTE] [URL=http://www.directupload.net][IMG]http://s14.directupload.net/images/140914/jgdufyhg.png[/IMG][/URL]