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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.