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Uncontrollable Boehner and the Bait and Switch Index
Uncontrollable Boehner and the Bait and Switch Index
The Money Party's latest training exercise with live ammunition (aimed at us) is over for a while. At the last minute, the geniuses in your nation's capitol got it together long enough to pass a relatively clean budget resolution and raise the debt limit for a few weeks. The bill also included some intrusive income verification requirements for the Affordable Care Act (ACA)/Obamacare from the people who say they hate the government in their business.
The after-deal spin is simply revolting. Talking head after head said that Boehner couldn't control his caucus and decided to let the nihilist wing of the Republican Party (aka tea party) learn a real life lesson in politics. You see, in addition to being a political hack and philanderer, Boehner is also a great teacher. He let the forty or so tea party representatives run wild to show them just what happens when you you behave like idiots. They might as well have said that pigs live in trees, the founding fathers smoked dope, or something equally ridiculous.
Link: http://agonist.org/uncontrollable-boehner-bait-switch-index/
