Vicious and Stupid

According to the Republicans, if a hostage taker's demands are not met he cannot be blamed for killing the hostage.  The Republicans are therefore justified in shutting down the government by not passing a budget or in causing the United States to default on its debts by not raising the debt ceiling if we do not meet their outrageous demand to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act.  Furthermore, the Republicans want us to believe that the results of national elections and/or Supreme Court cases should not determine what the law is because every congressman is also elected and is justified in doing whatever it takes to repeal any law the people of his district do not like.  This seems to me to be dumbassistan’s version of the nullification theory.  But why would the people of dumbassistan be so opposed to Obama care?  The answer to that question is that they are stupid enough to believe the GOP lies about death panels and such.

Aha!  Maybe I was wrong about the right wing extortionists being stupid.  Maybe they are just that immoral and vicious.  Maybe they know that if Obama care is fully implemented even the dumb asses will realize that all the fear mongering was a pack of lies.  That would not be good for the Republicans.  That is why the Republican reactionaries want to destroy Obama care even if they have to severely damage the economy of this nation to accomplish that.

Oh, crap!  I was right the first time.  The Republicans are both vicious and stupid!  Wall Street, the international corporations, and the multimillionaires who support the Republicans will lose billions of dollars if the Republicans carry through with their threats.  Those money people are not fools.  They know who is setting this dangerous and costly precedent.   What will the Republicans do without the support of those financial backers?  What will Congressman Shit for Brains do when the Democrats regain control of his state and do a little redistricting of their own?

A Little Advice

To Wayne LaPierre: 

Keep your damn mouth shut!  Every time you open that sewer you reveal that you think the profits of the gun manufacturers are more important than human lives.  There was no reason for you to comment on the navy yard shootings and your inane comments simply brought to mind the very real need for reasonable gun control.

 To John Boehner:

Common John, give this a bit of thought.  If Mitch McConnell is not far enough to the right for the tea baggers, you are screwed!  It is time to man up and think about your place in history rather than a primary you are going to lose anyhow.  If I were you I would want to end my career in a blaze of patriotic glory.  I would do everything possible to avoid a government shutdown, and I would make damn sure that the debt ceiling was raised.  I would give a speech in which I would say that I am making the patriot’s choice by putting my country ahead of my own interests and the interests of what has become a destructive minority faction in my party and in Congress.

To Mitch McConnell:

Sorry, you are on your own.  By pandering to the lunatic right you danced with the devil, and he is not settling for a kiss good night.  Any state that would elect Rand Paul is beyond hope! Even if you somehow manage to survive this election you will be representing people who are so unreasonable that you will go down in history as a total shitbag!  But you have already gained that infamy anyhow, so I guess you do not have much to lose on that score.