I don’t care if it is a Photoshop. In fact, it’s almost too good not to be.
I don’t care. It may be the ultimate metaphor for Obamacare’s rollout.
And you too, MNCare!
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Priceless!
LOL! What a great start to a Monday morning, Mitch! Thanks!
I would bet money that it is a real photo. We’ve all seen pictures of situations like this and stories about people that have no common sense.
The Republicans are very unlikely to repeal the health reform law. But they could improve it by paring back the minimum plan to a high deductible, high co-pay plan with a maximum on the co-pay.
Instead we have the pleasure of watching congressional drama queens perform their version of “Theatre of the Absurd”. The Tea Party types are going to be very disappointed when it dawns on them that none of what they “demand” is going to happen. If you think they are agitated now, wait until their goals disintegrate before them.
The original Tea Party faced even stiffer oddds, EmeryTheUSAHater. If you do not try, you will nto succeed. And I, for one WILL NOT SUBMIT!
Real photo. Check out the towline attached to the trailer.
Check out the Photoshopped decal on the trucks window. Stupidity should be painful.
The Tea Party types are going to be very disappointed when it dawns on them that none of what they “demand” is going to happen
Perhaps.
But what if the “demands” aren’t what it’s really all about?
Despite what Obama believes, the 113th congress is not obligated to fund spending approved by the 111th congress.
I’ll stick with Theatre of the Absurd.
Perhaps the reason Mr Cruz is trying to run with such a small niche is that he simply doesn’t realize (or refuses to realize) just how small a niche he really represents. It’s part of the hazard of living in a political echo chamber, if you only ever hear from those who agree with you, it’s easy to assume that they are a lot more numerous than they are.
he simply doesn’t realize (or refuses to realize) just how small a niche he really represents.
So small it seized control of the House in 2010, and flipped many state legislatures?
MBerg says: But what if the “demands” aren’t what it’s really all about?
I suspect Mr. Cruz will (or has) become the new champion of Conservative political fundraising replacing Ms. Bachmann. As MBerg may be alluding to, this is an excellent opportunity for conservatives to fill their PACs and or re-election campaign coffers. Nothing unites Conservatives more than the ACA does.
Emery said:
“Stupidity should be painful.”
I can assure you that your stupidity is already painful, at least to others, Emery.
You should be quiet more often.
Ah, I see the trolls are rearing their heads.
Emery is correct that Obamacare is unlikely to be repealed by the legislative process. It’ll be “repealed” when its cost, combined with every other federal program, causes the dollar to collapse, at which time simple bookkeeping will “repeal” food stamps, welfare, social security, military pay, free cell phones . . . .
Barak and Nancy and Harry will be gone by then, so it doesn’t matter today. That is literally the long-term strategy of the Democrat party and the Republican Establishment: be gone when SHTF. Why can’t Ted Cruz get on board with that? Why is he so divisive? Why not just go along to get along?
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The echo-chamber is the Washington mind-set, Republican and Democrat. “Playing nice” and by the book doesn’t change the process or the outcomes which benefit too many people at the top on both sides. There is a larger game, and it requires a truly discordant voice that upsets all the powers that be, which will react accordingly and predictably.
Since we’re on Metaphor Patrol, we are in indeed in a Civil War. Did the 1st Minnesota Regiment, or the 54th Massachusetts stand a chance when they were thrown in? The First Minnesota bought time, and the 54th Massachusetts changed the perception – and the discussion – of the role of blacks in the army. In the current war, there was never an expectation that defunding or de-railing Obamacare was possible after the Supreme Court ruling. The point still needed to be made – and the more people call it stupid and irrational only shows how scared the Leviathan is.
Earlier this year I was in a group that heard Scott Rasmussen, prior to sequestration, say that Washington’s greatest fear is that we would have Sequestration and that no one will notice. Those fears were realized despite best efforts to “make it hurt”. A government shut-down is sequestration on a grander scale. It will definitely hurt some people (almost all of them Obama voters anyway who would never thank the largesse of the opposition), but what if almost everyone finds out they can get along just fine? This would be of great concern to the Great Oz.
Perhaps the reason Mr Cruz is trying to run with such a small niche is that he simply doesn’t realize (or refuses to realize) just how small a niche he really represents. It’s part of the hazard of living in a political echo chamber, if you only ever hear from those who agree with you, it’s easy to assume that they are a lot more numerous than they are.
Shut Up! he said. NO! Do you hear me now?
I find it very odd that in todays world it is somehow considered by some extreme, radical, subversive even anarchistic to limit government to it’s constitutional role…but not to let government collapse and fail under it’s own bloated expansion and over-reach whilst likely taking a huge portion of the private sector economy with it.
If it’s really a metaphor for Obamacare, shouldn’t be a Prius instead of a pickup towing the boat, and shouldn’t it be sitting along the highway with the hood up and a huge mess from the head gasket going?
By definition, no one recognizes when they are in a bubble.
It is harder for conservatives to be in a bubble than it is for democrats to be in a bubble. While voters are split liberal/conservative by about 50-50, liberals control popular media, public education, and the federal bureaucracy.
If you think that Palin and Bachmann are stupid and radical, but Biden and Pelosi are moderate veterans of congress, you are in a very special bubble, indeed.
Bubba, yes, a Prius with a windmill on the roof. And sub eagle feathers for gasket mess.
Richard Fernandez at the Belmont Club makes a good point in a column about the Alamo: the war isn’t about this battle, it’s about what comes after. I would offer analogies to chess and billiards: a losing play now can set up a greater victory, later. But only if you have the vision to look several moves ahead to future years. I fear the Republican Old Bulls are looking over their shoulders to 1994 instead. They’re fighting the last war so they’re losing this one and that means they also will lose whatever comes after.
Americans always want change, reform, and optimism. They want to be building that shining New Jerusalem on a hill. The Republicans must restock with new ideas for governance. How does a government provide a measure of security, both foreign and domestic (health care, crime, education) while minimizing government power over the individual, and maximizing freedom? There are good answers to this question, but the Republican Party has forgotten how to ask questions and search for answers. I will return to them when they start asking the right questions again.
PM says: “By definition, no one recognizes when they are in a bubble.”
Most Americans have come to regard their government as completely dysfunctional and have written off the possibility of policymakers ever reaching a consensus on even trivial operational matters let alone how to revive the economy. Policymakers and those vying to be president have nonsensical economic opinions that are rooted more in myth and fantasy than empirical analysis. It might be more efficient to put lobbyists in a boxing ring and cut out the middlemen.
Trivial operational matters aren’t the problem. The only reason Obamacare is a stumbling block to raising the debt ceiling is that Obama rammed it through congress with 0% of the opposition party on board — then the opposition got control of the purse. Oops!.
For all intents and purposes, the stimulus was rammed through w/o GOP support, as well.
The current crisis is caused by Obama’s poor politickin’.
All of the congressman who oppose raising the debt ceiling are up for re-election in 2014. Obama will never face re-election again. Who do you think represents democratic ideals more, the House or Obama?
“Who do you think represents democratic ideals more, the House or Obama?”
The 40 (plus) Congressmen in their gerrymandered districts, that’s who.
“The 40 (plus) [Tea Party] Congressmen in their gerrymandered districts, that’s who.”
This circus is by the Republicans and for the Tea Party.
The 40 (plus) Congressmen in their gerrymandered districts, that’s who.
And the other ones are pure, un-gerrymandered. Bubble indeed…
It’s worth noting that Tea Party congressmen are likely to be not from the more seriously gerrymandered districts, but rather from more uniform, compact districts where Tea Party thinking is aligned more to that of the representative.
If you want serious gerrymandering, look at the districts that were required under the Voting Rights Act to get majority-minority districts, especially in the South.
One man, who will not face re-election, could end this today. Easy as can be.
They don’t face consequences for taking these hardline positions. Conservatives biggest victory wasn’t winning the House in 2010. It was winning the state legislatures in 2010 because they were able to redraw their districts so they had many more conservative voters.
That’s right. No IRS voter suppression/intimidation scandal here. Move along to the next talking point – gerrymandering – I am sure perpetrated by the evil Koch brothers.
Emery, you do realize that the theoretical goal of gerrymandering is to create districts with 51% of your party, and a few districts with close to 100% of the other party, right? And that, given that moderates are the swing voters, one would assume that the “Tea party right” would be in districts that are fairly strongly Republican, right?