by Digby | Oct 3, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
Remember when we all assumed that sequestration could never hold and they'd just have to pull the plug and negotiate a reasonable budget when the going got tough? Yeah, that's worked out for us. I'm going to suggest that we all (myself included) stop assuming that...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 2, 2013 | Conservatism, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
Republicans are exercising the one power that the American People have not yet been able to take away from them: the power to destroy. Conservatives are "giddy" over shutting down the government. This is who they are. "We’re very excited," said Rep. Michele Bachmann...
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 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 Digby | Sep 27, 2013 | Conservatism, Health, This Is The GOP
Matt Yglesias points out that the CW (which I believe as well) in which the WH ends up "negotiating" with Republicans over the debt ceiling the way mothers of children having a tantrum in the grocery store negotiate with them by giving them a candy bar, can no longer...
by Digby | Sep 26, 2013 | Conservatism, Health, This Is The GOP
Yesterday, post-"filibuster": RUSH: I have to tell you, I've had so many people... I've been off the past couple of days, but, while this has been going on, I've had so many people e-mail me so uplifted by what you did in the last 21 hours and what you did leading up...
