# Bullets as a metaphor **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 27, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullets-as-a-metaphor/590537 "2011-07-27T20:18:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullets-as-a-metaphor/590537/1 "2011-07-27T20:18:34Z")
[Via YouTube, Steny Hoyer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIRwsrGPu7k): > [@](#): > > I think we’re playing Russian roulette with the nation’s credit-worthiness. Unfortunately, all the chambers seem to be loaded on the House side. They want to shoot every bullet they have at the president. In the immediate wake of the Tuscon shooting, it seemed (for a couple of days, anyway) that there was on this board some fairly wide-spread agreement that bullets as metaphors produced a dangerous climate. I’m just wondering if anyone who subscribed to that philosophy wishes to review it. In my view, of course, Congressman Hoyer’s remarks are … well… unremarkable. His use of a metaphor is obvious. He’s not remotely suggesting anyone is using, or should use, actual firearms. He’s saying that House Republicans are risking the safety of the nation’s economy in an effort to injure the President’s political standing and electibility. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullets-as-a-metaphor/590537)._