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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 10:55 AM Sep 2020

So, the GOP float a totally silly "skinny" Corona virus aid package that was designed solely as a

"CYA" opportunity for the Republicans up for re-election this fall and then they're indignant when it is opposed by all Democrats?

These are the folks who would throw a 20 foot rope to someone drowning 100 feet from shore, watch them go under and then cluck "That should have been sufficient. Why didn't they reach out a little further?"

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So, the GOP float a totally silly "skinny" Corona virus aid package that was designed solely as a (Original Post) Atticus Sep 2020 OP
Problem is, only sane people see through it. dchill Sep 2020 #1
Except it would be a 20 INCH rope MadLinguist Sep 2020 #2
That...or throw them a heavy gauge 100-ft chain guaranteed to sink them to the bottom. stopbush Sep 2020 #3

MadLinguist

(790 posts)
2. Except it would be a 20 INCH rope
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 11:12 AM
Sep 2020

and they'd moo about the cost and crow about their enormous magnanimity.

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