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December 11, 2013 12:08 PM UTC
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He's just trying to get ahead on the messaging when his caucus comes down on him and tells him they're not supporting the deal.
It's a sad day when Paul Ryan is seen as a voice of reason in the House.
You can say that again.
Ryan has national ambitions. And though he may be misguided, he is smart enough to come in out of the rain.
Many of the crazies on the extreme right are local boys who don't really want to live large and see the world…they just want to destroy the US government so that big business can establish a desperate workforce. One that will continue to work for less and less money until poverty is the status quo for the working poor.
Then they will go home and get back to the office at home and return to being a "maker".
It creates an ideal circumstance for getting as much value out of the worker as possible…human dignity and civil justice be damned. I am not even sure Adam Smith would admire these self possessed bastards.
It won't help since his idea of coming in out of the rain is just trying to sound civil while expounding on the same old draconian policies that hurt middle earners, women, seniors, students, minorities and immigrants. He'll never be a viable national candidate.
It's not the tone. It's the policy.
It's not the messenger. It's the message.
Boehner is at it again today, calling the far right TP faction " ridiculous". Why did it take this long for sanity to take hold…
Not sanity. Abject fear.
Blue Cat, If you are saying it is fear of reprisals by the American electorate for letting the crazies run around unabated, then that is a good thing. It maybe means Boehner has thought long and hard about it, and he's now decided that its in his best interest and political future to distance himself from the far right faction of the caucus and steer the ship back towards some semblance of a functional congress. I think it is a very calculated decision, which means he knows the majority of the public has no more tolerance for shutdowns and stunts from a do nothing congress. Probably nobody knows about the waning influence of the TP more than Boehner. In my mind that says a lot.
Looks like the Republicans have finally decided the monster needs to be killed. The Republicans in the house voted for the bill by a huge majority, not much less than two to one, in spite of all the threats from the far right groups ordering them to vote no or else.
Are they finally more afraid of the consequences of continuing to go along with the wackos' insanity than they are of being primaried by them? Considering how terrified they've been of getting primaried, that's saying something.
Meanwhile,prominent Republicans in the Senate are joining the wackos in hammering House Republicans the way the House Republicans were hammering them for too much conciliation during the shut down crisis. Tables turning so fast it's enough to make a GOTPer dizzy. Pass the popcorn. Is it too little too late to expel the T and go back to being the GOP? Will the raving rightie maniacs go third party and hand Dems a bunch of unlikely victories like the ones we've been we've been blessed with in Colorado? This is getting pretty interesting.
It is going to be very interesting. Sometimes I like Boehner – I feel he is a lot less smug and obnoxious than a lot of his colleagues. It is true that he is picking a side for his own survival, but I really like the fact that he is pissed off enough to bring this rift out in the open. Pass the popcorn indeed.
His statements about how he and the rest of the House Rs were pushed into the shutdown (by a wacko minority) don't exactly cover him or them in glory, though, do the? They didn't have the guts to stand up then so they must be standing up now because they're more afraid of what they see coming if they don't than they are of being primaried by the wackos. I hope the GOTP follies that have been so fortunate so often for Colorado Dems are repeated nationwide: A Buck or a third party Tanc in every race in every competitive district and state.
The orange Speaker's recent statements seems to be his admission that the Boehner leadership suffers from flacidity and impotence . . .
. . . meanwhile over in the Senate, look who might have finally sprouted a Harry pair:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/13/us/politics/senate-confirms-georgetown-law-professor-to-powerful-appeals-court.html
Strange season, this . . . !
Great to see Rs complaining about those mean powerful Dems after decades of hearing Dems whine about those big tough Rs but I could have done without the "Harry" image!
Where's the brain bleach?!?