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Kber

(5,043 posts) Wed Oct 2, 2013, 03:12 PM Oct 2013

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OMG - this is Rich! [View all]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2013/10/02/how-the-democrats-win-end-the-shutdown-and-save-the-country/?hpid=z3

Jennifer Rubin, right wing columnist for the Wash Post, admits that the GOP are unreasonable and don't deserve squat, but begs the Democrats to give them something anyway to stop the tantrum.

Maybe I'd have some sympathy (maybe!!) if we were talking about actual toddlers at a the table next to me at a restaurant. (OK, mom, let the kid order dessert without finishing his broccoli just this once so I can enjoy my dinner, please?)

But we are talking about actual chronological and biological (if not mental) adults and, no, it isn't Obama's job to bail them out. It's the voters job to staff better next round and it's Jennifer's job, as a self declared conservative, to read her own guys the riot act, not plead with me to understand and give in, just because she's enabled a bunch of temper tantrum throwing babies!

The desperation and panic is showing!

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OMG - this is Rich! [View all] Kber Oct 2013 OP

Excellent gopiscrap Oct 2013 #1

There was a right leaning reporter guy on AC 360 last night who said the same thing about 5 times Justice Oct 2013 #2

Really?! Kber Oct 2013 #4

Good to know! thanks Justice Cha Oct 2013 #53

Sorry Jenn, you brought the crying baby on the plane with you. JoePhilly Oct 2013 #3

Great analogy! Kber Oct 2013 #6

+1000. I like it. nt GoneFishin Oct 2013 #61

They're bullies. ananda Oct 2013 #5

You know what it is they are looking for? SomethingFishy Oct 2013 #7

Well - they are trying with the Violence against Women act (cant remember the exact name) Kber Oct 2013 #11

It's how they operate.. SomethingFishy Oct 2013 #14

I don't think there's any real rhyme or reason to it at all. Marr Oct 2013 #19

You wrote "right-wing talk radio version of governing" I think that's an excellent way to describe Kber Oct 2013 #22

Perfect. factsarenotfair Oct 2013 #27

RW Radio Brainwashing AC_Mem Oct 2013 #38

Ah, NLP. factsarenotfair Oct 2013 #46

Tantrums should never be rewarded. HappyMe Oct 2013 #8

Never Ever! Kber Oct 2013 #12

The unmitigated gall of a conservative using collective barganing as an example. Xipe Totec Oct 2013 #9

For extra fun, go read the comments Kber Oct 2013 #10

NO MFM008 Oct 2013 #13

egad. just read her piece. man, is she ever loathsome. contemptible. cali Oct 2013 #15

If only what she says were true caraher Oct 2013 #16

Exactly right! Kber Oct 2013 #17

Thom Hartmann thinks Obama should go the other direction and let the pain be felt. cui bono Oct 2013 #18

In the first hostage taking, seabeckind Oct 2013 #58

+1,000,000. Bullies on the playground or adult bullies drunk on power are the same. GoneFishin Oct 2013 #64

Based upon their line of reasoning avebury Oct 2013 #20

Eat shit, Jennifer Rubin. SunSeeker Oct 2013 #21

Your headline says everything that this woman deserves to have said to her RVN VET Oct 2013 #41

Her kids must be spoiled brats. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2013 #23

With all due respect, Ms. Rubin Half-Century Man Oct 2013 #24

BAM!! Buddaman Oct 2013 #34

They deserve and should get squat Liberalynn Oct 2013 #25

All the evidence you need to prove the media sees this as just a big horse race Populist_Prole Oct 2013 #26

Could someone esplain this sentence to me? BobbyBoring Oct 2013 #28

you're absolutely right. BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2013 #29

That is one of the weakest arguments I've ever seen Jack Rabbit Oct 2013 #30

Yep! I've sat on negotiating committees and the Union analogy does't work Kber Oct 2013 #36

They were on the cable news this morning. tiredtoo Oct 2013 #31

i won't go read her blog. barbtries Oct 2013 #32

some excerpts Kber Oct 2013 #37

wow barbtries Oct 2013 #50

Sorry, honey. My kids learned early on that whining gets an automatic "NO!" kcass1954 Oct 2013 #33

Although I disagree on principle, I almost get it. reflection Oct 2013 #35

Yup. She's saying allow them to save face so they can back down gracefully. magical thyme Oct 2013 #44

My reply to the GOP Baby Brigade: amb123 Oct 2013 #39

Rubin should have been fired for her petty bullshit in the Brevik massacre Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #40

Nope, as a Mom of well-mannered grown children you never give them their demands SaveAmerica Oct 2013 #42

Leave the restaurant is what I always did. Kber Oct 2013 #51

The behavior that gets repeated is the behavior that gets rewarded. kelliekat44 Oct 2013 #43

Yeah, I'd throw them a bone: a public option! mountain grammy Oct 2013 #45

Jennifer Rubin sucks. nt ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2013 #47

I wonder if she brought up the kids with that philosiphy gejohnston Oct 2013 #48

Yep! Kber Oct 2013 #52

GOPers and their masters must be losing their profits big time Iliyah Oct 2013 #49

thanks Kber for the good news of jennifer tool rubin Cha Oct 2013 #54

"give them something to stop the tantrum" - Here's the evidence that they're indeed having one... Triana Oct 2013 #55

Geez. That's telling! Kber Oct 2013 #56

Heard the same argument from a "democrat" seabeckind Oct 2013 #57

Harold Ford Kber Oct 2013 #59

You mean the guy that was literally the last poster boy for the DLC? Dragonfli Oct 2013 #63

Here ...give them this! L0oniX Oct 2013 #60

We'll give you time. It's all on our side. toby jo Oct 2013 #62