Shutdown scheme pits GOP against itself Maddow Blog

[Just Saying]

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) was on Fox News the other day, defending his plan to shut down the federal government rather than finance the federal health care system. The far-right senator insisted "this really isn't about Republican versus Democrat. It's not about liberal or conservative."

And in a way, that's true -- it's really about Republican versus Republican, conservative against conservative.

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You'll also notice, incidentally, that House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and none of the other members of the GOP congressional leadership in either chamber make the above list. There's a good a good reason for that: in this Congress, Republican leaders are generally afraid to lead, and prefer to wait on the sidelines where they won't get hurt

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I can't help but enjoy the conservatives and crazy Teabaggers butt heads but we these idiots are the reason we can't get anything done in Congress at a time when we really need government to work.

[pscot]

1. May they go the way of the Kilkenny cats

There once was two cats at Kilkenny,
Each thought there was one cat too many,
So they quarrell'd and fit,
They scratch'd and they bit,
Till, excepting their nails,
And the tips of their tails,
Instead of two cats, there weren't any