When I hear that a few “centrist” House Democrats are trying to put together their own debt limit plan with a few “moderate” Republicans, I remember 2005, when a House “centrist” asked Nancy Pelosi when Democrats would offer their own plan to gut Social Security, and Ms. Pelosi shot back “never! How’s never for you?” You know how right-wingers say you should never negotiate with terrorists? Right-wingers negotiate with terrorists all the time when they get in office, of course, because who wouldn’t negotiate with like-minded folks? But the principle is the same: you do not negotiate with people who do not want to negotiate, but who only want drama and hysteria. And if we wind up going into default, everyone knows whose fault it will be – the Republicans who’ve spent the last several decades just saying no to everything. Hate to pile on, but a clean debt limit increase is the “moderate” position here – no one has yet tried to use the debt limit to force expanding Medicare to all Americans, for example, not that I’d ever want to give anyone ideas.
Hard to believe, Harry, but the infamous No Labels group – now as demonstrably far-right organization as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce – has raised $70 million so far to promote a third-party Presidential ticket, getting “ballot access” in four states. But strangely, they won’t reveal the names of any of their donors, and their excuse for that – that “agitators and partisan operatives” will bully them, basically, like they don't understand the whole concept of “sunlight” – is a real right-wing excuse. I, for one, am tired of people pretending to be “centrists” so that the pain and suffering of good Americans can never be alleviated. And seriously, while Republicans predominantly run extremists in every office, Democrats haven’t run a Presidential candidate anyone could possibly call as an “extremist” in my lifetime, yet “centrist” “independent” "bipartisan" morons plod on in their both-sides-are-bad absurdity. And look how well-funded this particular gaggle of morons are! For the record, Joe Biden has already earned my vote in 2024, and I’m far more of an “extremist” than he’ll ever be.
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