by Digby | Oct 1, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Health, This Is The GOP
I think one of the major misunderstandings (willful, in many cases) of this budget mess is that it's about Republicans just running around willy-nilly screaming "nonononono" like toddlers having a temper tantrum. I know it looks that way, but that's not what's...
by Bill Scher | Oct 1, 2013 | Conservatism
Over at The Week today, I detail the "5 bogus Republican arguments to justify a government shutdown." It may not surprise readers of this blog that "Obama won't negotiate," "Republicans have already compromised" and "Harry Reid is the one who shut down the government"...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 1, 2013 | Conservatism
This morning, I had had enough. I usually don't waste my time anymore wading into the comments sections of columnists to react to their bloviations. (They've never waded into the comments section to react to mine.) But one Petula Dvorak finally provoked me. She's a...
by Thom Hartmann | Sep 30, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Health, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
Over the weekend, House Republicans approved a so-called compromise to avoid a government shutdown. However, their idea of negotiation was nothing more than ridiculous, right-wing demands they included in the continuing resolution. Rather than voting on the complete...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 30, 2013 | Conservatism, Shutdown
It finally came time for Republicans to put up or shut up. Instead they're shutting down. Never mind Obamacare; that's just a mask for a huge Republican failure to govern. If you want to understand how we got to the point of a government shutdown, ask any Republican...
by Digby | Sep 30, 2013 | Conservatism, Health, Rick Perlstein
Listening to the Republicans lie outrageously on the Sunday shows about the catastrophic effects of a program that isn't even in effect (while denying that climate change exists!) is enough to give me a headache. It reminded me of this: Rick Perlstein wrote a...
