re: #282 Mattand

I keep running into people dodging the whole “You actually think that the GOP hostage taking is a rational idea?” question.

Every. Fucking. Time you present the question, they hem and haw and cry “But all politicians are bad! Why are you so partisan??!!”

Someone above referenced Alfred’s description of the Joker in The Dark Knight. I’m really getting worried now that Oct 17th is going to come and go with a Republican-created worldwide financial catastrophe.

And my fellow Americans will blame Obama for not being willing to destroy Obamacare.

You watch; if it gets that far, you’re going to see people spouting “If I were president, I’d be willing to kill my own accomplishments to save the country!”

Gah. I really hate people sometimes.

Personally, I’m curious as to when the financial markets will begin to freak the fuck out and the serious hoarding will begin in anticipation of a default. Folks have to remember that, at this point in ‘11, there’d already been several discussions between the White House and Congress, while the Senate had ongoing negotiations through back channels. Here we have nothing, no talks going on, no negotiations of any kind, just both sides sitting atop their walls and seeing who will blink first.

Feels more and more like the fucking Cuban Missile Crisis.