Off the Record talk show show on public TV, slaps "rigid Tea Party zealots" for seeing compromise as "a four-letter word."

Nobody is asking anybody to compromise their core beliefs, but the citizenry is pleading for somebody to take the first step to give something in order to get something. It's what they call democracy.     

With tough talk like that, it's no surprise Skubick's New Year's Day blast  draws nearly 600 comments as of Wednesday morning.

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