re: #85 Targetpractice

If This Was About the “Grand Bargain”…

…they didn’t need to shut down the government to get it.

I’ll keep this short and sweet. According to a rec’d diary “breathlessly” citing only RW sources, the shutdown was about getting the “grand bargain” that some progressives have been pissed off about from the beginning, even if it was discussed in abstract terms.

This fails the logic test.

Why?

Simple.

Here’s why:

If according to some, the President has been hell bent since reelection to get a “grand bargain,” and Boehner wanted a “grand bargain,” they would have sat down months ago and hashed it out.

I’ll say it again: They didn’t need to shut down the government to do it.

So, one thing or another is missing in this logic fail. Either the President doesn’t want a grand bargain, or Boehner doesn’t want a grand bargain.

Makes sense (bolding was in the original diary). Like Lidane, I’m also going with everything the NRO says is noxious bullshit until proven otherwise.