Yesterday was a GOP whopper of infantile futility, a trifecta plus one, a four-fer of cynicism, another wasted day and wasted night--a heaving, seething, phantasmagoric blowout of preadolescent indignation sloppily disguised as principled stands:
1) The Republican House voted for either the 31st or 32nd or 33rd time--its excess has caused the press to quite literally lose count--to repeal the president's unspeakable monstrosity of a Republican-urged healthcare plan.
2) The Senate minority leader mimicked the House's apish lead, demanding an upper-chamber vote to repeal the "worst piece of legislation ... in modern times"--public snort, private chuckle.
3) Five--count 'em, five--Democrats joined the majority buffoons in #1, which inspired the Republican National Committee to, yep, you guessed it, pronounce the repeal effort "bipartisan."
4) Mitt Romney slithered to Houston to hiss at the NAACP merely so that Rush Limbaugh could air "funny," hayseed-comforting clips of it all.
We are relative inches away from one of this nation's most profoundly determining elections, and yesterday the entire apparatus of the Republican Party spent the entire day behaving like a bunch of cranky toddlers.
That, in itself, the electorate should take as its determining factor.
ABC did a bit of actual reporting last night. It reported that the republicans have spent $50 million dollars trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act and have not focused on creating jobs or any of the other issues that need to be addressed before the end of the year. ABC also showed the House calendar that has the House out for break more than in Congress working. Eric Cantor was interviewed and asked about the futility of the 33 votes to repeal the ACA, and he, as expected, diligently repeated his talking points.
http://www.politicususa.com/gop-wastes-50-million-taxpayer-money-aca-repeal-creates-jobs.html
Posted by: majii | July 12, 2012 at 03:13 PM