Holding the government hostage?
I like a good game of dress up as much that next person but enough is enough. The time for making a point about the debt ceiling expired in April. The fact that the people that represent us would push the country to the edge of default in an attempt to push us closer to another recession is beyond me....but there I go thinking again. Republicans would do themselves a favor to push these policy-challenged tea drinkers into being a real party. Do not allow them to use party resources. They are making you look like fools. The American people are smart enough to know terrorists when we see them (policy terrorists in this case). Keeping them around is like letting your crazy uncle walk around the house in his underwear in front of guests....awkward for everyone involved. These people clearly have no understanding of the way government works, and I'm sorry to be an academic about this --but you have to understand something before you can change it.....at least if you intend to change it for the better. 
Democrats, it’s been a rough few days hasn't it? What would happen if you employed the tactics of the --shall we say--academically challenged sector of the Republican Party? I know you're too good for that, right? You would never stoop to that level, would you? As long as you're no threat to, they will continue to pull these stunts and destroy what Americans have built. Think your way out of this! Stand up for the values of the people that work in this country and expose these fringes for what they are-extreme. I miss Representative Weiner (at least he had one). Standard and Poors
Elections have consequences….I wonder if all the grandstanding and flag waving was worth what has happened. The credit rating fiasco was completely self-inflicted. And the idea that another downgrade may occur if the “super-congress” doesn’t commit to make real policy a part of the next policies proposed in November should scare you.
More later….
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