Maddowblog - "Hostage takers disagree over ransom note"

[TomCADem]

The eleven o'clock news, of course, portrays this crisis as a dispute between the President and House Republicans. How about a dispute between the positions spouted by some House members within a 24 hour period?

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/10/09/20884769-hostage-takers-disagree-over-ransom-note?lite

Rep. Scott Garrett (R-N.J.) said on Monday that he's prepared to block a debt-ceiling increase, consequences be damned, unless Democrats give him "a full delay or defund of Obamacare." Even if Democrats offered him changes to Social Security in exchange for nothing, the New Jersey Republican said, it wouldn't be enough to satisfy him.

Just 24 hours later, Garrett appeared on CNN and said he's prepared to block a debt-ceiling increase unless we "begin to address our entitlement problems."

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More important, though, in the bigger picture, Republicans aren't just flailing, they're lost. They shut the government down last week, and they're prepared to destroy the full faith and credit of the United States next week. They freely admit they're prepared to impose self-inflicted wounds on Americans, on purpose, unless their demands are met.

And what are those demands? Even now, after months of planning and fiascos of their own making, the party's own leaders and members haven't the foggiest idea.

[gopiscrap]

1. Yeah that is pretty much what it boils down to

[Lil Missy]

2. Yup, that's how I understand it. n/t