Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again
and expecting different results.
Believe it or not this isn't a rant about who is in the right and who
is in the wrong with the upcoming, seemingly inevitable government
shutdown that it looking in October. In my not so humble opinion
(IMNSHO), all parties are to blame equally and should suffer the
worst fate possible.
(You
might want to skip ahead to 3.00 for the relevant part even though it
is all funny.)
The Tea Beggars are insisting that any attempts to keep the
government going has to be accompanied by a defunding of the
Affordable Care Act or as it is less affectionately known, Obamacare.
They are even combating members of their own party and refusing to
even consider other options. Of course the White House and Most
Damnocrats consider this a complete non-starter. The majority of
Main Line Reboobicans realize this and are trying to work up other
options that might palatable.
Now of course this is nothing new, Reboobicans have been trying to
get the ACA repealed or outright destroyed since about ten seconds
after it was born. I have lost count of how many actions they have
put forth to try and get it done away with and how many times these
actions have failed miserably. Not passing judgment, just pointing
out the facts. The history of the past few years shows that this
path will fail, but once again the Beggars are happily trudging down
it.
So what happens when the Tea Beggars and fringe Reboobicans force a
government shutdown because of an unwillingness to compromise? Well,
besides the obvious financial and social problems, there is one
factor that these morons cannot seem to grasp. If a shut down
occurs, Republicans will get the blame for it.
Don't believe me, just look at recent history. Every single time
this country has been brought to the financial edge, the Republican
Party has gotten the blame for it. Americans have been unable to see
past the arguments and finger pointing to the underlying facts and
information. All they can see it Reboobican and Tea Beggar Leaders
shouting at the top of their lungs while the Damnocrats and the White
House come across as more quiet and reasonable. (Not saying they
were, just that they come across that way.) So Americans get mad and
they get mad at...Guess Who?
And this is the really stupid part to me. The odds are pretty good
that the next President will be a Republican. We as a people tend to
get fed up every 8 years or so and elect the opposing party in the
hopes that something will change. It never does of course, but that
goes back to the opening quote. So if we assume that the next Prez
will be a a Republican, then the Republican Party will have a much
better chance of getting the ACA modified or even repealed. After
all, Obama got it passed in the first place even though the support
wasn't there. So instead of making fuss after meaningless fuss now,
wait till you actually have the power to do something about it. Two
years won't destroy the country.
Okay aside over. My main point here is that if and when the shutdown
occurs, Everyone is going to be mad at the Tea Beggars and
Reboobicans. Trust me, history proves this is so. That means that
everyone is going to be mad at the Incumbents and that means when the
next elections show up, the Incumbents will be out of office. Don't
believe me? That is how we got the Tea Party in the first place.
Don't get me wrong, folks. Neither side is blameless in this heaping
pile of Bull Poop that is our current Federal Government. Everyone
has done MORE than their fair share to completely fudge things up. I
see no way of fixing the current and future problems as long as we
keep electing these morons in both parties. However, if you are
going to play the game, at least play it in a way that makes sense.
Playing in a way that completely devastates your own side is moronic.
If the Tea Beggars force a shutdown, here is what is going to happen.
A Full or Partial Shutdown will occur. People will get very very
very angry and demand that something be done. The Incumbent
President (Who does not have to worry about Re-Election) will come
across as all sincere and concerned while the opposing factions will
look like crazed evil maniacs. People will rage against Reboobicans
and Tea Beggars and eventually they cave in and compromise. The
Damnocrats may be forced to give small concessions, but these will be
completely overlooked as Reboobicans are forced to eat yet another
serving of humble pie.
Finally, when the next elections roll around, voters will be split
into two factions inside the Reboobican Party. Faction the first
will remember that the people they elected were solely responsible
for a shutdown that forced millions of people out of work and they
will be peeved off. Faction the second will remember that eventually
the people they elected caved into the pressure and agreed to
compromises that they shouldn't have. The net result will be that
both factions will then vote the incumbents out and get new people
in. Again, this is how we got the Tea Party.
The only hope the Reboobicans have of not completely peeving off
everyone and at least looking reasonable is if they take Defunding
the ACA off the board for budget negotiations and go back to fighting
it in the House and Senate. Is it a good solution? Probably not,
but it is kind of a choice between being mauled by a wolf or by a
bear. Both are painful, but one might just be less damaging than the
other.
End of Rant
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