Clearly, Republicans realize they have so completely fucked up their responsibilities, that there is a full court press to rewrite their fuck up by the elections. Obama should give them all the rope they need to finish hanging themselves.
I'd love to have had him actually challenge what Cruz said, rather than just laughing. Reject the premise of his question "should we just raise the debt ceiling", point out that that's a tested question, and ask a more realistic question.
Yes, Ted, it was the President who shut down the government. Because Democrats hate the government, and Republicans love the government. I think it's great when smart people get so smart that they make complete assholes out of themselves.
In other news, the NSA surveillance doesn't prevent terrorist attacks, trickle-down economics doesn't work, and the Bush presidency was one stupid, easily-preventable fuck-up after another.
Bob Schieffer being one of the more conservative non-fringe newscasters, that's comedy.
(Seriously, Schieffer's CBS Radio commentaries for the last decade have been only slightly to the left of Paul Harvey...and suddenly he's a liberal tool? Yeah, right.)
now the problem is being honest about the debt.
Whereas Cruz looks like a sad trombone "WAH-Wah-wah-waaaah!" sound personified.
(Seriously, Schieffer's CBS Radio commentaries for the last decade have been only slightly to the left of Paul Harvey...and suddenly he's a liberal tool? Yeah, right.)