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H.L. Mencken

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

The GOP Is Broken And Should Not Be Allowed To Govern Anything

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/07/immigration-reform-killer-identified-david-brat.html

The nut graph:

You have to pay close attention to what the Journal is reporting here. It's not saying 144 Republicans planned to vote for immigration reform. It's only saying 144 of them wanted a bill to pass. Whatever meager cooperation has occurred between House Republicans and Obama has generally employed this secret-heresy method. A majority of Republicans give the private go-ahead to bring a bill to the floor, then most of them vote against it, letting Democrats supply the votes. This insulates them from any blame from enraged tea partiers.

These people are craven, confused and stupid.

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