No Shutdown This Week
Sorry, GorT, old buddy. Back to work forcing “upgrades” into human brains on Monday. Shame, too, because your plans for a Death Moat were just damn cool.
This has worked out very well for the GOP, incidentally, if they elect to play it like this:
1. You see? The Democrats accused us of wanting to shut down the government because we would not compromise. But compromise we did, so they were wrong about that.
2. Now that we bought a little more time, let us spend the next couple weeks listing all the shenanigans the Democrats did to encourage a shutdown.
3. And by the way, anyone catch that the President cancelled another vacation to ensure this deal happened? Hmm. So soon after his last one. Almost as if he never intended to take that second vacation. Guess he doesn’t want an adult conversation, but wants to grandstand further for imaginary political gain at your expense.
4. Of course, no one is arguing that we cannot cut the budget. Because we have all been arguing over how much to cut it, we now have the entire country agreeing that things need to be cut. You can bet the next round is going to be even tougher. On the Democrats.
5. And while we are waiting for that next round, let us reveal more things the Democrats still think you need to pay for….
And so on. All five of these things will probably become talking points, although there is a good strategy in letting different groups discuss different points, rather than systematically talking about all of them at once.
Either way works, and you can bet the GOP is not going to let this opportunity slip past.
[Note: The Gormogons once financed a satellite launch and a Southeast Asian coup merely by placing some moderate-sized wagers that the Republicans would let a series of opportunities slip past, screw up public relations, and generally earn their rep as the Stupid Party. —Œc. Vol.]
Божію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all Russia upon the death of Boris Mikhailovich, who replaced Alexander Yaroslav Nevsky in 1263. However, in 1283, our Czar was passed over due to a clerical error and the rule of all Russia went to his second cousin Daniil (Даниил Александрович), whom Czar still resents. As a half-hearted apology, the Czar was awarded control over Muscovy, inconveniently located 5,000 miles away just outside Chicago. He now spends his time seething about this and writing about other stuff that bothers him.