Boehner's Epic Fail

[ej510]

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

- Benjamin Franklin

A tidal wave of Stupid washed over Washington DC on Thursday night, and when the sun rose on Friday to shine on the calendar of doom - four days left until default - it became all too evident that a manufactured crisis had suddenly transformed into a very, very real one.

House Speaker Boehner attempted to ram through a draconian debt-limit bill in order to force Senate Democrats to reject it - more theater, of course - but found himself unable to control his own caucus. After a feverish day-long attempt to whip enough votes to pass the measure, Boehner's Tea Party right flank told him to take his bill, fold it, spindle it, and shove it where the orange don't reach.

Boehner, in a moment of almost pure humiliation, was forced to pull his own bill. The markets opened down on Friday morning, and his inability to wrangle his own people not only put his Speakership in mortal peril, but also threatened to spook the financial world into a meltdown, as reports of a slowing economy arrived with the same news of his epic flameout.

Ezra Klein of the Washington Post saw it this way:

The lengths John Boehner went to ensure his bill failed in the Senate rather than the House were impressive, but ultimately, insufficient. Quotes from 'The Town' didn't work. Endorsements from major conservative outlets didn't work. Arm-twisting didn't work. The bill will likely be revised today in order to pass, but the damage is done. The legislation, which never had a chance in Harry Reid's Senate, was meant to send a message: Republicans are united. They are willing to sacrifice and compromise to raise the debt ceiling. Turns out they're not.

Read More at the link: http://www.truth-out.org/epic-fail/1311951029

[WilliamPitt]

1. Beat ya

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Thanks for posting.

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