Or a thug for J.H. Blair

[sovay]

Instead of "a group of moderate Democrats [who] agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies . . . as Democrats have demanded for almost six weeks," I wish the papers would just print "strikebreakers."

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[ladymondegreen]

Indeed.

[phi]

None of them have ever read the first thing about game theory and it's infuriating

[cmcmck]

The word here is 'scabs'!

[benbenberi]

Yep. Scabs, every one. At this point there's no reason for any of them to trust the GOP to honor any of their "promises," never mind the orange king.

[batdina]

yes.

[davidgillon]

And it probably helps the narrative that the Democrats were the problem, not the Republicans.

[minoanmiss]

Ugh, truth.

Here's gwydion's well written action plan:

https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2289308.html

[redbird]

Or, as Jay Kuo wrote this morning, the surrender caucus.

[gwynnega]

Yep. Also, argh.

[sovay]

The word here is 'scabs'!

That is it.

[chomiji]

Indeed!

[sovay]

Indeed.

I do not understand why so many elected officials do not know how to hold a line, unless it is that they do not want to, in which case I don't want them.

[sovay]

None of them have ever read the first thing about game theory and it's infuriating

Don't set an ultimatum and then blink!

[sovay]

Yep. Scabs, every one. At this point there's no reason for any of them to trust the GOP to honor any of their "promises," never mind the orange king.

Yes. It's part of the reason I can't imagine they really are acting in good faith, whatever they tell themselves or their constituents. We are well beyond pulling the football.

[sovay]

yes.

It is maddening.

[radiantfracture]

Oh god that's too good

[sovay]

And it probably helps the narrative that the Democrats were the problem, not the Republicans.

It does. It should have been crystal which party is deliberately starving the country, which party wants—as if we needed more evidence—its people to sicken and die. And now the blame can be punted back into the Democrats' court because we don't DARVO enough around here.

[sovay]

Here's gwydion's well written action plan

Thank you: I had not seen that. I can't believe more than half of my life has been spent needing action plans for my government, but here we are.

[sovay]

Or, as Jay Kuo wrote this morning, the surrender caucus.

May it stick.

[sovay]

Yep. Also, argh.

That!

[selkie]

I can only take so many pizzas to the bus stop. I can only hide so many Thanksgiving baskets in the Misc Pulpit budget. I need the checks and balances to care.

[sabotabby]

The media being on the side of power is traditional, though.

[sovay]

The media being on the side of power is traditional, though.

I have read papers in this country! It still pisses me off.

[sovay]

I can only take so many pizzas to the bus stop. I can only hide so many Thanksgiving baskets in the Misc Pulpit budget. I need the checks and balances to care.

And to work!

*hugs*

[yarrowkat]

did you see the Onion headline? "Chuck Shumer brings Democrats back from the brink of courage"

that guy needs to get fired so bad.

[sovay]

did you see the Onion headline? "Chuck Shumer brings Democrats back from the brink of courage"

I did not! Augh.

We missed a real trick not being able to call a vote of no confidence in our governments.

[yarrowkat]

ah, yeah, that would be a really nice thing to have right about now. or 6 months ago.

[thomasyan]

Maybe they were trying to recapitulate the Oathbreakers in Lord of the Rings, but didn't realize a) that's fiction, and b) anyway, there is no Isildur figure to curse them into a fearsome ghost army.

[sovay]

Maybe they were trying to recapitulate the Oathbreakers in Lord of the Rings, but didn't realize a) that's fiction, and b) anyway, there is no Isildur figure to curse them into a fearsome ghost army.

Where do we get a fearsome ghost army these days? It might be more useful.

[alexxkay]

Seen elsenet (by Greg Pak):
"i think we have to come to terms with the fact that in the kicking-the-football meme, schumer is not charlie brown

he and the other loser Ds in the senate are lucy"

[chanter1944]

Shelling same. :( I am all out of eloquence, but I can assure you I recognize and respect your title quote. Our local singalong, when it was in regular session, did a version of that song almost daily.

[sovay]

I am all out of eloquence, but I can assure you I recognize and respect your title quote. Our local singalong, when it was in regular session, did a version of that song almost daily.

It endures because it's needed.