tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post1350452719811926493..comments2024-02-08T07:32:20.315-06:00Comments on Steve Bates - Yellow Doggerel Democratic Views: Benghazi... Benghazi... Benghazi...Steve Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-10570876216665095612015-10-09T05:16:42.985-05:002015-10-09T05:16:42.985-05:00Enfant, regarding the "GOP hardliners who don...Enfant, regarding the "GOP hardliners who don't want to compromise," the impossibility of dealing with that kind of Republican lies not in their uncompromising behavior as much as in their repeated failure to act in their own best interest. E.g., the GOP is "the party of business," but what could be worse for business than a debt default resulting from a government shutdown? The problem is intrinsic to attempting to gauge their likely actions based on what a rational person would do in a given circumstance, but Tea Party nut-jobs, much like terrorists, are willing to engage in outright self-destruction to make a point: rationality will not give you a clue what they will do next, and there seems to be nothing that can divert them from a course of action that destroys us... and them. <br /><br />I'm very close to giving up on any kind of negotiated settlement of anything with the tea nutcases. Let them rot in their own political excrement.Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-85325837944214332412015-10-09T01:38:00.147-05:002015-10-09T01:38:00.147-05:00House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) ...House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) dropped out of the race for Speaker Thursday. His downfall was the same as John Boehner's: GOP hardliners who don't want to compromise.L'Enfant de la Haute Merhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17122358316297267842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-14131587455410633962015-10-08T18:54:39.062-05:002015-10-08T18:54:39.062-05:00Enfant, I heard the word on ABC news (broadcast TV...Enfant, I heard the word on ABC news (broadcast TV) that McCarthy has withdrawn his name from consideration for Speaker. From a career standpoint, that was a wise move on his part, because the Dems would have made him eat his words, and some of those words surely tasted like sh!t...Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-45024357274282238692015-10-08T14:04:02.945-05:002015-10-08T14:04:02.945-05:00Benghazi... Benghazi... Benghazi... and Secretary ...Benghazi... Benghazi... Benghazi... and Secretary Clinton!!L'Enfant de la Haute Merhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17122358316297267842noreply@blogger.com