I’m too stuck in a jaded funk about how fucked-up the reporting on this and how many dishonest shitbags there are in high authority positions to really be happy about any of this. I almost wish we had gone over the debt ceiling, if only for the sake of having an even stronger case to give the entire republican establishment the old heave-ho in 2014. And maybe going “Good Morning America” on a few Fox News contributors.
There’s a good chance there still would’ve been a Republican House majority in 2015 even if there had been a default. Imagine how that would’ve looked.
It was a fucking joke.
If you are this humorless in victory, I’d hate to see you in defeat.
The first half is correct, the second is not.
The Democrats had 60 seats in the Senate at the time. (When they lost the MA seat they went down to 59, but they had already passed the bill through the Senate and used Reconciliation for the rest.)
I think he means in the House - the vote was 219 to 212 there, with 34 Democrats crossing over and no Republicans.
There are no filibusters in the House.
Oops. I misread your comment as disagreement with the “moderate Democrats” part.
Fun Fact: After his first few comedy-club outings, Debaser was asked to quit reminding people to tip their waitresses – it was causing too many bored and irritated patrons to leave a single penny behind.
Ted Cruz “video bombs” Mitch McConnell’s speech on the budget deal.
Incredible. Just incredible.
Oh, I think he got it.
I don’t think Debaser deserves to get shit on. His admission that the Republicans fucked up was pretty classy.
Too much of what passes for conservative “humor” is anything but.
Senator Elizabeth Warren is relieved but not celebrating.
Der Trihs …
The people slamming you in this thread are all jerkfaces, total jerkfaces.
I’d just like to point out that when you do take over the world as a totalitarian dictator for life you’re going to need some "thugs’ and that I’m interested in applying for the ‘chief thug’ position. Alternately I might be of some value in the propaganda department.
I await your orders.
v/r
Oliveritaly
Good thinking. I would like to apply for Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty Elucidator.
I look forward to working along side you Tee!
Dibbs on the shuttleboard- henchman position pushing little tokens around the world map!
Living in the UK, I’m relieved. Since ‘when the American economy sneezes, we catch a cold’.
Thanks to Debaser for a decent apology. If only some politicians showed such class…
The Tea party was named after saving taxpayers extra expense. How do they reconcile that with this pointless waste of time and money?
That’s just the cover story. Back in the 60’s, ‘tea’ was a euphemism for marijuana so . . . I’ll let you draw your own conclusions. 
My mistake. They did need all 60, but I thought they needed that Republican support rather than just wanting it. In that case MsWhatsit’s version was more accurate.
No, it wasn’t. That’s an explanation they made up later.
They don’t have to reconcile anything. They have Principles; they don’t need logic.