Someone Finally Said It

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1. pandora says:

   July 30, 2011 at 9:12 pm

   Greg Sargent calls them out: [Oops! It was actually Jonathan Bernstein’s post, not Sargent’s. Sorry.]

   I really don’t think that Boehner reworked the bill just for personal self-preservation, as some have argued; I think he did it for the perceived self-interest not of the crazies, but of the bulk of the GOP conference. They’re the ones who desperately want as many things as possible to vote for that can show their loyalty to the conservative cause, because they know that eventually they’ll have to vote for a deal, and they’re terrified of being cast as sellouts to the revolution.

   But the truth is that if you constantly act as crazy as Michele Bachmann and Steve King and Louie Gohmert, then there’s not really any difference between you and them, even if you really know better.

   The people who are most responsible for damaging the nation, and bringing it to the brink of even worse, are precisely the Republicans who do know better, in and out of Congress, who aren’t stepping up and demanding a reasonable solution.

   There are no moderate, sane Republicans left in the GOP.

2. jason330 says:

   July 30, 2011 at 9:23 pm

   This is why I was so angry at Mike Castle:

   The people who are most responsible for damaging the nation, and bringing it to the brink of even worse, are precisely the Republicans who do know better, in and out of Congress, who aren’t stepping up and demanding a reasonable solution.

3. Unstable Isotope says:

   July 30, 2011 at 9:31 pm

   But the truth is that if you constantly act as crazy as Michele Bachmann and Steve King and Louie Gohmert, then there’s not really any difference between you and them, even if you really know better.

   This can’t be said often enough.

4. anon40 says:

   July 31, 2011 at 1:16 am

   This is why I was so angry at Mike Castle:

   Jason–I’m still angry at Castle because he & his “Delaware Way” friends in the real estate bidness stuck it to my parents 30+ years ago. Castle was a slumlord–I lived in one of his “slum” houses until I was 10 years old. Castle & his investment partners owned 8 units in Yorklyn. My dad was born in one of those units & lived his whole life there. Castle et. al. decided to sell in 1980. My dad wasn’t rich, but he had a decent job at Dupont, a fair amount of savings & a great credit rating. He offered Castle & partners a fair price for the property. The selling realtor refused to present the offer to the ownership group for the sole reason that my dad was a current tenant. The house eventually sold for less than my parents had offered. This was snobbery/gentrification at its finest.

   Funny thing is, my parents and our immediate neighbors were the only 2 tenants who were actually PAYING rent!