I know. You can’t take it further because you can’t respond to it in any meaningfully way.

Dully noted.

If the Republicans owe the Democrats a “transition preparation”

I’m not talking about who owes whom what. The lame-duck period is a transition period, nothing more, nothing less. As such, anyone presiding over a lame-duck period is ethically obligated to confine their activities to the bare necessities. but…

they can look no further than the Clinton administration’s example as to what is expected. Right?

Yeah, they can use that as an example if they feel compelled to. They can start all the petty squabbles they want as long as they don’t take on legislation that should wait for the incoming congress.

since you conveniently keep ignoring it, the Democrats don’t
have a history of doing the admirable thing that you are calling for,
“transition assistance”

You introduced it in comment 6. I ignored it at the time because I didn’t feel it was an accurate analogy. You reintroduced it in comment 11 and I have now responded directly to it in comments 13 and 16.

I’ve stated my position in full. You’ve stated yours. The horse is sufficiently dead, so I’m not going to comment further on this thread. Feel free to add a summation if you wish; I will do you the courtesy of reading it, but I cannot take the time to respond further.

I enjoyed the discussion.

You see, you can cite dictionary definitions all you want, as long as you remain on the outskirts of what I am talking about. Right?
God forbid you actually stick to the subject you yourself introduced.

kind of like the smooth transition the Dems in Clinton’s admin gave to the incoming Bush admin. Right?

Irrelevant on three grounds:
1. You’re referring to a transition of the executive branch which doesn’t create legislation.
2. To the best of my knowledge, none of the problems with the transition involved significant legislation
3. Even if the goal of providing a smooth transition wasn’t accomplished to its fullest potential, they still came closer than they would have if they tried to transition immediately after the election results were certified.

This isn’t a business relationship. This is Congress.

a?nal?o?gy?–noun
1. a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based
5. Logic. a form of reasoning in which one thing is inferred to be similar to another thing in a certain respect, on the basis of the known similarity between the things in other respects.

This isn’t a business relationship. This is Congress. In case in your experience you never noticed. ; )