This equivalency is horse shit. Both sides are responsible, my ass

[NightWatcher]

Which side is refusing to compromise because a minority of Congress (and the American people) don't like a law that has been passed by both houses of Congress, signed by the President, and upheld by the Supreme Court?

Not liking a law is not a legitimate grounds for shutting down the government and destroying the economy. They lost when it came to the legal ways to challenge that law. The American People voted for Obama twice and overwhelmingly showed support for the Affordable Care Act. We are not ruled by the angry minority, even when they threaten to blow up the government.

[el_bryanto]

1. Exactly right - this has me as angry as I've been in a long time. n/t

[DonViejo]

2. Claiming "both sides are responsible" is an easy way for

folks lacking any information on a political topic not to have to take their own stand on an issue. Some might refer to those folks as lacking the ability to be assertive.

[deutsey]

3. They feel the blame is "too close to call" I guess

[Scurrilous]

4. K & R

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

5. That's the problem with compromising with crazy in the first place.

It sets a precedent to be followed again and again and again.


Wouldn't you agree?

[Eleanors38]

6. Standard MSM beltway doctrine: A "squabble between..." SHIT! nt

[Orsino]

7. Well, both sides are refusing to compromise, but that's not the important question.

Which side is insisting on harming millions of families?

[NightWatcher]

9. Sure, go ahead and kill a few of the hostages.

These are words that hostage negotiators have never said. There is no compromise with someone who is making unreal demands.

[Junkdrawer]

8. But how can you triangulate if you DON'T give the radical right legitimacy?