The GOP Shutdown reminds me of one of those movies where a simple criminal plan goes all wrong.
For example, in Fargo, where Jerry Lundegaard arranges for two thugs to kidnap his wife so that his wealthy father-in-law can pay a ransom, which he in turn would use to pay for a land deal. Except that in Brainerd yada yada yada and 7 people are dead. And for what? For a little bit of money.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlethoraOfMistakes
Here, we have the House GOP, having failed 42 times before in repealing the ACA, decide they will use a budget shutdown to force a repeal. Except the President calls their bluff, the people recognize it for what it is (at the mildest, a childish temper tantrum; at the harshest, plain old extortion.) Yet the House GOP is already in too deep to get out, and they refuse to come to their senses, and it drags on and on and on. Parks and monuments close, and the House GOP is desperate to blame that on the President, even though they were a predictable result of the whole planned shutdown. And pretty soon, our country's back to the wall under threat of a default, where a calamitous situation is threatening to become catastrophic. And yet, they've still refused to back down because....they're in too deep.
John Boehner, meet Jerry Lundegaard:
Ted Cruz and Louie Gomert, meet Carl Showalter and Gaear Grimsrud:
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America, meet Jean Lundegaard:
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