When the Supercommittee fails next week — and it’s meant to, and always has been, I’m convinced — Democrats will get significant and automatic cuts to military spending, no real cuts to entitlements (there will be some cuts that don’t affect patients, which will nevertheless be demagogued as cuts that affect patients), and the President will be able to continue pushing his reelection campaign message: Congress is broken and won’t let him save America.
So. To recap: those of us who were apoplectic about the debt ceiling deal Boehner brokered to save us from a “default” and a credit downgrade, are now living with a debt downgrade, no real cuts in entitlement spending, a President able to work his campaign message, and significant cuts in defense spending that the Democrats will blame on Republicans whose desire to protect “the rich” by resisting “revenue increases” has made the nation vulnerable militarily.
Or, alternately, it may slowly dawn on Boehner that he and the very smart, very sophisticated inside-the-Beltway establishment movers and shakers have yet again been dildo-slapped by a Democrat party that is entirely driven by ideology, and in order to stave off the suggestion that he and his Party are willing to kill seniors and gut the military to protect “the 1%,” he’ll instruct his Supercommittee contingent to accept whatever tax increases the Democrats demand — then remind us that he only controls 1/2 of 1/3 of the government, and that we should be thankful we’ve staved off the very traps he insisted be set against us.
Plus, look! The “cut” $1.2 Trillion in new spending out of a $15 Trillion debt! So be thankful, you whiny little TEA Party bitches!
Now. I ask you: at what point do we either reject this kind of “leadership,” or else reject the party that insists upon foisting it on us?
Maybe if Boner cries about it Obama will feel sorry for him.
the debt ceiling deal Boehner brokered to save us from a “default”
Fixed.
For me it was November 4th, 2008. From 1988 up to that point, I was among those who felt GOP control was preferable to Dem control, primarily due to possible Supreme Court appointments that might occur. I have not closed the door on that argument, but after Souter & the Supreme’s upholding Campaign Finance & Kelo, it holds me in a lot less sway. Now, with much less confidence that a ‘moderate’ Repub will at the very least put free market, private property, original intentionalist on the Court. I find I can no longer stomach them.
Now. I ask you: at what point do we either reject this kind of “leadership,” or else reject the party that insists upon foisting it on us?
I think we’ve already rejected both, and are working hard at finding replacement players and coaching staff.
The GOP keeps forgetting one simple fact: the Democrats are the enemy. There is no reasoning with them. They will lie if it suits them. They have no honor. You would think they would have learned it by now, but they love the power and money so much, they really don’t care. They think they can continue to run on appearances instead of actions.
That dog won’t hunt any more.
Also the spectacle of the estabicans viciously attacking Palin along with the Left and their propaganda organs. Kinda left me feeling that I was being used for my vote with no hope of reciprocity.
“The GOP keeps forgetting one simple fact: the Democrats are the enemy. There is no reasoning with them. They will lie if it suits them. They have no honor.”
So, basically, what you’re saying is, the Democrats are just like the Islamic terrorists who feel it’s OK to enslave, lie to, cheat or steal from those that don’t share their ideology.
Sounds about right.
A very apt and timely metaphor, sad to say.
Or, alternately, it may slowly dawn on Boehner that he and the very smart, very sophisticated inside-the-Beltway establishment movers and shakers have yet again been dildo-slapped
Maybe it may slowly dawn on US that what’s been happening is not much different from what Boehner was planning to do anyway.
Maybe the reason the GOP doesn’t defend itself or classical liberal positions is because they don’t hold them. I used to scoff at people who said that there’s not a lick of difference between the two parties, and now I’m coming around to that fact myself.
What other explanation is there?
You have found the exaination, di, and it’s not pretty.
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The difference is, dicentra, that you can still find classical liberals among the ranks of the Republicans. Few, far between, and generally spit on as rubes, but they’re there.
Speaking of which, curious thing. Insty posts:
Guess who predicted this a year ago today?
I was done with Republicans in 2006. Stayed home, and they lost Congress. Why? because we had Bush and both houses of Congress for 6 years, and they had done NOTHING to restrain the size of government. NOTHING!
Oh, sure, they are definitely more business friendly than the Democrats, but that’s a pretty low fucking bar. The point is, government kept expanding. Republicans had a golden opportunity to slash and burn the bureaucracy, but instead they added bipartisan bills, log jammed any conservative judge appointments, expanded medicare, posed for the cameras, and spent way too much money.
I still maintain the Republicans losing Congress in 2006 was the first TEA Party action, that is, the conservatives like me that refused to vote for the status quo then, are the same ones that became known as the TEA Party later.
Oh, sure, they are definitely more business friendly than the Democrats
That depends on your definition of “business friendly.” For conservatives, it means not sinking small businesses in a morass of regulations and mandates.
For the Left, it means Chicago-style cronyism writ large.
cranky, the last time we replaced a party it took a Civil War to seal the deal; I don’t expect any different this time.
I used to scoff at people who said that there’s not a lick of difference between the two parties, and now I’m coming around to that fact myself.
ditto. This will be the first election that I’m abstaining from. (If Romney is the nominee, for sure)
You get slapped enough times you realize your boyfriend’s not really sorry.
You want to skip the first line of the ballot, by all means.
But there are a bunch of tea-party freshmen who’d like to be returned as sophomores, a number of whom actually deserve to be; and there’s a whole new crop of freshmen to elect. And then there’s all the state and local candidates and issues.
The rebuilding is going to have to start somewhere.
$15,000,000,000,000!!!
I used to put the difference between Rs and Ds at slightly over 11¢ worth. These days it’s running on the low side of 8¢.
Or footstomped.
– Sooooooo, how are things going at Poopstock.
– I understand the “peaceful movement” is planning a big action day for tomorrow.
– As one dipstick protester put it….”Now you’re going to see what a Molotov cocktail can do to a Macy’s.”
– Aside from that, the Left needs to be asked how they feel about O’fuck, now that it turns out he was involved in the multi-city coordinated move to take back all the parks. Classic Leftist double cross.
$15,000,000,000,000,000
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Not to mention the “savings” magically found in the drawdown from Iraq and Afstan, which is already ongoing. “See? We’re saving money that wasn’t even going to be spent! How cool is that?”
Damn “Johnny-come-lately conservative purists,” the lot of you. You never had any problem with McCain did you?
What? ……………… Nevermind.
Miss Fixit, I believe you can still write in a candidate.
If Romney is the nominee, I plan to write in Sarah Palin.
Down ticket is where the votes are really important.
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