Fascinating, in a morbid way, that a mere 30 (That's all: Three zero, thirty.) ideo-assholes can fuck up the government of a nation of 300+ millionAccording to conservative reporter Byron York, this whole thing is being driven by 30 of the most radical GOP House members. And nothing will convince them that what they're doing is crazy and wrong. Nothing. They're zealots. They don't care if the country suffers and they don't care if their party suffers. They have an ideology that tells them that the only important things are fighting government and fighting Barack Obama, by any means necessary. If you can't win at the ballot box, and you can't win in the ordinary legislative process, and you can't win at the Supreme Court, then it'll have to be blackmail. And if that doesn't work, then they'll find some other method.
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And even if the shutdown turns out to be a disaster for the GOP as a whole, those Tea Party members are going to be 100 percent sure that the only problem was that Republicans didn't fight hard enough. They'll come out of it more convinced than ever that government is evil and Democrats are the enemies of all that is right and good, and the good Lord himself put them in Congress to fight liberals and obstruct Obama and undermine government and scratch and bite and kick and scream. And that's what they're going to continue to do as long as they are privileged to serve.
Their fever will never break. Never. The only thing that will give it a temporary respite is if a Republican becomes president, at which time they'll decide that crises aren't such a great tool after all. Their nihilistic rage will be put away, behind a glass door with the words "Break in case of Democratic president" written on it. And then it will start all over again.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
An Optimistic Look At The Future
Like hell, but who'd click yet another "We Are Soooo Screwed (In The Ass) Forever" item? No one can doubt that continuing crisis may be another "new normal." (Never a good normal, just new.)other jerkssheep. All that crap in the Constitution designed to delay the abolition of chattel slavery doesn't work so well now, does it?
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Well, to be clear, those 30-50 members of the 'suicide caucus' aren't employing any structural or procedural tool to prevent a CR. There is nothing preventing Boehner from bringing a clean CR/Debt Ceiling bill to the floor and passing it with a combination of Democratic and Republican votes except the Hastert rule, which isn't a rule at all. And Boehner has broken it before.
Nope, he could be a man and do his job and end this crisis today. But he knows they'll call for a new vote for Speaker, which he might very well win, but the RISK that he might lose his job is enough to keep him firmly on the side of madness.
It'll be interesting to see how bad things have to get before he steps up to the plate and pulls the plug on the morons...
Plug-Pullin' Editor:
Someone will have to die as a direct result. And it'll still be two wks. after that before anything's done to get the money flowing.
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