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25. Hmm, that would be nice, but I don't think it'll happen that way

Wed Sep 18, 2013, 01:36 PM

Sep 2013

I must admit, first of all, that I kind of want this all to blow up. It would present an opportunity for the ugliness of the Republicans and especially the tea baggers to be on full display, and would allow the whole country to see how bad that is for them. It would also be a great opportunity for liberals to reassert themselves. We're the ones who need to "take back the country!"

It's kind of like with global climate change or peak oil: nothing is going to change until people as a whole feel the pain. But when that happens, it's an opportunity to create better systems, to re-prioritize what we consider important. It's a very optimistic view, admittedly.

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Boehner Gets It Over With, Agrees to Tie Overall Budget to Obamacare Funding [View all] brooklynite Sep 2013 OP

Why Boner wants to be speaker. tazkcmo Sep 2013 #1

He probably doesn't, any more. elleng Sep 2013 #4

Free green stuff, if you ask me. AAO Sep 2013 #32

Good answer!!! n/t tazkcmo Sep 2013 #36

So they are willing to shut down the government to stop people from getting health care? Botany Sep 2013 #2

COULD, if voters remember that THEY did this. elleng Sep 2013 #5

Wait till granny doesn't get her SSI check Botany Sep 2013 #6

So true tabasco Sep 2013 #29

The greed and insanity of Koch snorting puppets strikes again. RedCloud Sep 2013 #3

Boehmer "will cave to the Republican Party’s right wing". Has been and will be said many times. pampango Sep 2013 #7

Defund the Pentagon first! L0oniX Sep 2013 #8

Doggammed idiots complain about government spending, while blowing over $60 million on FAIL. Thor_MN Sep 2013 #9

Then the taxpayers of the United States should sue the Republican Party seeking redress Koko Ware Sep 2013 #10

60 mil could buy a lot of hot lunches for school kids going without. R. Daneel Olivaw Sep 2013 #13

I must be demented Cryptoad Sep 2013 #11

I think what Berlin Expat Sep 2013 #12

Nice post...I like your scenario. PearliePoo2 Sep 2013 #15

Glad that you Berlin Expat Sep 2013 #18

Love the scenario.... Lochloosa Sep 2013 #17

However, the teabagger have a serious hard-on (boehner?) for shutting it down mindwalker_i Sep 2013 #19

Therein lies the Berlin Expat Sep 2013 #20

Exactly, Frankie's had it up to here mindwalker_i Sep 2013 #21

If you remember the Berlin Expat Sep 2013 #23

Hmm, that would be nice, but I don't think it'll happen that way mindwalker_i Sep 2013 #25

Let it blow up Berlin Expat Sep 2013 #27

So what kept him from doing that any of the 41 other times? Thor_MN Sep 2013 #22

Political calculations, Berlin Expat Sep 2013 #24

So, 42 is the magical number of times that Teabaggers need to be told STFU before they do? Thor_MN Sep 2013 #26

Boner doesn't have the balls to say STFU to the Teabaggers. hehehe boner... balls... hehhehe... AAO Sep 2013 #33

would DMVs really be affected? Enrique Sep 2013 #14

This move could well cost the GOP its House majority next November. another_liberal Sep 2013 #16

After the SS checks etc, don't show up in the banks or mail... Historic NY Sep 2013 #28

of course they won't regret it Stryst Sep 2013 #31

Krugman: GOP leaders are weak, apparently helpless in the face of dingbat Jacobins ... pampango Sep 2013 #30

Worst speaker in the history of the House .... MindMover Sep 2013 #34

Here we go again... blkmusclmachine Sep 2013 #35

Boehner is just the teabagger's pimp. Hubert Flottz Sep 2013 #37