Despite the Republican majority in the House -- and its ironclad Constitutional stranglehold on spending initiatives -- the Democrats are still firmly in charge of Congress. Obama has proven that John Boehner is his bitch, and that the GOP rank-and-file have no stomach for any fight. The Dems created this huge deficit, but with this vote the GOP now owns it.
Pathetic. We are doomed to collapse...
The WSJ's Paul Gigot, Dan Henninger, Mary Anastasia O'Grady and Stephen Moore discuss the winners and losers of the "shutdown showdown"-VIDEO
GIGOT: So $39 billion in one year, I never -- well, in my lifetime that has never happened.
HENNINGER: Right. And it's just the beginning. Ultimately, this was a political exercise, Paul. And one of the things that came out of it was that -- what we learned is that John Boehner outsmarted the strategist on the Democratic side.
Yup... vote for Republicans and you get Democrats!
I warned about this last November but no one listened. Now reality is setting in.
We have cross dressing Democrats in Washington and they are called Republicans!
Yup... vote for Republicans and you get Democrats!
I warned about this last November but no one listened. Now reality is setting in.
We have cross dressing Democrats in Washington and they are called Republicans!
Then crawl off the path into a corner, suck your thumb and wither away.
The rest of us who are too damned dumb or idealistic to quit will keep on fighting, but at least don't lay around in the way as something to trip over.
Marine, my ass!