Budget talks: This is getting nasty

They do? So the most they hope to be is a minority of the majority party of the house? I thought they wanted to change the whole paradigm about how government spent money.

 

The "drastic cuts" in the Republican's plans? They're not cuts at all.

 

MSNBC is into their prison documentaries, so I've got FOX on.

Lou Holtz, of all people, is on Sean Hannity's panel, and he's freaking out about the debt ceiling deal.

He's on my side, but he's scaring me.

 

You don't mean Lou Holtz, whom Frank Broyles fired in 1983 for endorsing Jesse Helms?

 

It wasn't his opinion(s) that surprised/scared me. It was his raised voice, the flailing arms, the spinning head...

 

With the NCAA sniffing his backside, all the way around the course . . .

 

The NCAA may well have, but Broyles never got probation in the dirtiest dirtiness of the SWC.

 

How about because the nation will be hurt more by a default than by increasing the debt ceiling via Boehner's plan?

 

Because playing Russian Roulette is insane, playing it with all the chambers loaded is suicide. In this case everyone is negotiating how to play Russian Roulette, but the Tea Party wants to go to Jonestown.

 

Can't you just hear YF's inner 3-year-old/Tea Party heart ...

But why?

But why?

But why?

 

True.

So, why aren't you and others urging Democrats to accept the Boehner Plan?

 

Again, the Tea Party isn't afraid of death/doesn't believe it's suicide.

If the threat is so dire, why not just sign on to the Boehner Plan?

Nah. I'm not "full 'Tea Party' crazy", as one Dem commentator called it.

But, I support their goals & admire their convictions.

I also understand how leverage works. They have it. So, for folks like Parker, the WSJ, McCain, etc., to be leaning on them to cave makes no sense.

They ought to be leaning on the Democrats.

There's a perfectly reasonable and acceptable offer on the table. Take the Boehner Plan.