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The Two Most Ridiculous Right Wing Shutdown-Related Fake Outrages

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Targetpractice10/06/2013 3:48:52 pm PDT

Six months. 18 attempts at naming conferees blocked by Republicans. 18 demands that any negotiations be handcuffed to demands for no new revenues and no debt ceiling increase. And months of Republicans admitting, out loud, that they wished to drag the process out until just before default in the hopes that they could leverage it for more concessions from Democrats.

“Give us what we want or else.” The very definition of extortion.