Hours before the shutdown, a CNN journalist asks two Republican politicians if they’d be willing to forego their salaries as “non-essential members” of the federal workforce. Their response? Exactly what you’d expect: they didn’t give one.
The Affordable Care Act is here to stay. As is Barack Obama for the remainder of his term. To take out your frustration on those who voted for Obama–knowing full well the implications of a second term–is not just bad leadership; it’s the antithesis of it. As Warren notes, it’s called hostage taking. And it’s all they have left.
The sad thing is that while extreme, this isn’t that far out of the realm of possibility.
Straight from the socialist firebrand himself: “I’m an advocate of a single-payer national health care system, but it never occurred to me to bring down the United States government and cause pain for millions of workers because I can’t get my way.”
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If he’s this awful drunk, can you imagine how miserable he is in person? Poor Rebecca…it sucks when Rand Paul has your cell phone number.
