5 Ways The GOP’s Obstruction Is Unprecedented

[Tom Joad]

I'm getting sick and tired of the GOP getting away with deliberately sabotaging the country and then blaming it on Obama and the Democrats.
This shit should be front and center in every media outlet there is, instead of being buried like it is. We should be making these bastards famous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOzOdj7JmfE

The central fallacy of politics is “both sides do it.”

Both sides increasingly delay judicial appointments when the other party is in power. Both sides use procedures like reconciliation in the Senate to get what they want (though Republicans used it in the case of the Bush tax breaks to add trillions to the deficit, the exact opposite point of reconciliation). Both sides operate by prioritizing their donors’ needs over those of average citizens.

But the clouds of gray inevitable in a political process that has from our founding required ugly compromise are helping shade the unprecedented measures Senate Republicans began taking when the Democrats took over the Senate, and escalated into overdrive as President Obama assumed office.

From the night of the president’s inauguration, the GOP has plotted to deny Obama any successes, even as the country languished in a recession made worse by eight years of policies that had the effect of purposely exacerbating income inequality.

The tactics the GOP is using are all reminiscent of previous ways smaller-scale obstruction has taken place. What’s new is the unyielding consistency and a complete disconnect with the wishes of all except the most vocal part of their base that enforces extremism by threatening primary challenges. This is how you get a House that can barely pass a farm bill, even when all the “extraneous pieces” like help for 47 million Americans who rely on food stamps are stripped out.

The Washington Post‘s Greg Sargent calls it “sabotage governing.” The New York Times simply says that the House GOP is engaged in a “Refusal to Govern.” Whatever it is, it’s something that has never been seen in modern American politics.

Here are five ways the GOP’s obstruction is unprecedented.

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[donquixote99]

Ze link she is broken...

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Ze link she is broken...

Thanks.

I think I have it fixed now.

[merrylander]

To think that in another day such behavior would have been dealt with as per Section 4 of Article II. Especially Graham and Ryan, McConnell should simply be forcibly retired

Then we need to amend the Constitution and remove that advise and consent idiocy except for the courts (but many of our high courts could stand a good clean out.)

[whell]

...more whining from the Left.

[merrylander]

Did someone just fart?

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Did someone just fart?

He's just buying time until the right wing bullshit response that he will get paid to post arrives in his in-box.

Net a little slow this morning Whelly-boy?

[donquixote99]

Yes, read the piece.

Thesis very correct, and I would add that the level of resources going into defaming this president is probably a new record as well.

[MrPots]

I'd love to see Obama go all medieval on Boehner's ass......

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by mrpots

i'd love to see obama go all medieval on boehner's ass......

It's about time he starts acting like the angry black man that we elected him to be. PHuck 'em.