“Wouldn’t it be ironic if the government shuts down because our leadership won’t offer a bill that Republicans will vote for? That’s what happened this week,” said freshman Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), one of the leading agitators pushing to defund the health-care law, even if it means shutting down the government.Well, no. That isn't what irony means.
But referring to "Republican leadership" is delusional.
The New York Times has a short blog comment, which seems inadequate to the occasion, but, after all, it is Fashion Week in Manhattan. Still, it doesn't take many words to describe the situation:
Some senior Republican aides say that as long as House Republicans remain united in opposition, they don’t see how the package can pass. But House leadership aides expressed confidence that the revolt could be cooled down by next week.What would be ironic would be if Syria brings down the American national government by distracting everyone's attention to chemical weapons. I don't think that was the kind of regime change Incurious George intended to set in motion in 2003.
What would be ironic would be if Syria brings down the American national government by distracting everyone's attention to chemical weapons.
ReplyDeleteThe Republicans are responsible for the Obama Administration's pervasive ineptitude with respect to Syria?
Iraq. Remember Iraq? Chickens still coming home to roost from that defeat.
ReplyDeleteBut yeah, if the Republicans can't get it together in the House (and it looks like they cannot), then the shutdown is theirs to cherish.
It seems that might be the only way to distract the Dems from spending like drunken sailors only dream about.
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