Reaction To New Budget Deal Shows How Much Conservative Groups Are Disconnected From Reality

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Reaction To New Budget Deal Shows How Much Conservative Groups Are Disconnected From Reality


by Danny Vinik at Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-murray-ryan-deal-shows-how-much-conservative-groups-are-disconnected-from-reality-2013-12

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These conservative groups denounce any deal unless they get exactly what they want. They entirely ignore the political realities of their party - like the many Republican defense hawks demanding sequester relief - and the fact that they control one house in Congress.

The point is not that they can't oppose the agreement. They are certainly welcome to do so. The point is that these groups throw a hissy fit every time they don't get their way. They call the deal a massive capitulation by Paul Ryan and fear monger against it as if it will explode the budget. It's won't. It's a tiny compromise that avoids another government shutdown.

This is why the media mocks conservative groups when they oppose a deal before it has even been released. Reporters know that the right wing isn't interested in working in a divided government. It won't make the tiniest of compromises. It has a list of demands and if they are not met, then they come out screaming that Republicans in Congress have betrayed the party and that the agreed upon deal is a disaster for the nation. Their outrage is so disconnected from reality that journalists can't help, but snicker.

More than any agreement before though, this one shows so clearly why their response is unequivocally insane. Even in the absolute worst case scenario, the consequences of the Murray-Ryan deal won't be a tenth as bad as what conservative groups are predicting. That disparity shows the absurdity of the right-wing position.



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2. they are soooo unhsppy wiyh ryan and boehner, calling them traitors on radio