Not cynical.
any time the Repugs want to go back to civilised politics they can just say. Until then turnaround is fair play.
Social Security is a massive Ponzi scheme that is collapsing. Medicare is an open, bleeding wound in our budget. I’d call that a disaster.
No, the Iraq debacle is the “open, bleeding wound” in the budget. As of this minute, this example of Republican adventurism has cost us $913 billion and growing fast. Money that could be much better spent actually, oh, accomplishing something constructive.
I see that someone hasn’t been paying attenion to the HAL stock price!
-Joe
It’s been around since 1935. How much longer do we have?
Medicare is, among other things, about healing open, bleeding wounds. It’s only been around since 1965, though, so maybe that isn’t enough time to collapse.
I think Clothahump’s black belt is in Hyperbole.
Tai Kwan D’oh!
Turn **about **is fair play.
Turn **around **is fore play.
You mean turn over. 
Or reach-around.
Much as I hate to quote Suze Orman, she’s right in her basic philosophy: “People first, then money”. Keeping people alive and healthy is more important than financial matters.
They’ve bought Americans 70 and 50 years of better health and higher standards of living. That’s a disaster I can live with
But but but… Socialism!
And Clinton got a blowjob!
If only we can merge socialism and blow jobs. Free blow jo–nay! Mandated free blow jobs for everyone!!
In the sense of cynically obstructing the inevitable progress toward joining the rest of the civilized world in providing universal healthcare, of course, yes. You traitors will do it anyway you can–either by blocking bill passage or passing toxic, regressive, “cancel-out-progress” bills. Whatever you need to do to keep your Master engorged and pounding away.
I guess in the simple sense of passing bad legislation in Congress, while it would still be fiendishly cynical, it would not, by definition, be legislatively obstructionist, no.
There! Now that’s something to hang your hat on, isn’t it!
“This time we didn’t block passage of a bill establishing universal healthcare, no siree! THIS time we were PROACTIVE! This time we passed a bill that repealed universal healthcare!”
And a reach-around for Satan is the Devil’s play. And those evil little fuckers love it!
Hmmm, roughly half of the population will have to supplied with penises in order to comply with the new mandatory blowjob initiative.
“You have the right to a penis. If you cannot afford a penis, one will be provided for you.”
Sadly, I can’t think of a famous porn star with ‘Miranda’ in her name.