The House of Representatives is lead by sociopathic elephants.
In some ways, the McConnell escape hatch - or some variant - always made the most sense.
As the President said, "Can they say 'yes' to anything?" Of course, the answer has always been "No." And many in the blogosphere have been driven to distraction because we've always known the answer has been "No."
The GOP doesn't care about deficits! The President seemed/feigned surprise that the GOP would walk away from a deal that would have been a VERY serious and very PAINFUL deficit reduction package. But they don't give a rat's arse about deficits.
They care about cutting taxes for the rich and funding for the poor and working class.
That's it. That's the whole GOP ideology in a nutshell right there.
Oh, and there's NO WAY they were going to allow Obama to "win" the deficit question. Of course, he gave up a ton to try and broker a deal, but they weren't going to let him "win" one.
After the 2010 election, I - and quite a few others - opined that the GOP had not spent long enough in the electoral wilderness. They elected these crazy-assed teatards to Congress and have shown a complete inability to govern.
It's like the GOP's lack of belief in evolution has led them into some dark wormhole where they are actually DEVOLVING.
Eisenhower, the moderating voice of temperamental conservatism, gave way to the scheming machination of Nixon. But at least Nixon knew how to govern. Illegally, but still. Then Reagan and Bush 41 who talked one way and governed another. Then Shrub who did what the smart guys told him to do and had a bullhorn once and wasn't that nice.
But the current crop of GOP congresspeople make Shrub look like Cicero, like Lincoln.
Grover Norquist, field marshall of the destruction of entitlements and spending on people who are not rich, has given his blessing for the McConnell plan.
Hopefully the fiscal world will not come crashing down in a week.
But nothing these simpering idiots do would surprise me now.
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