The Daily Beast talked with Pete King, one of only six Republicans to vote against the shutdown (the article - I don't know whether this is the journalist's description or King's - describes the other five as one moderate and four Tea Partiers who felt the Cruz faction wasn't crazy enough); King personally spent most of yesterday, right until midnight, collaring practically every single wobbly, persuadable-looking R he could find and trying to talk them back down off the cliff; he said that John Boehner would pounce on them as soon as he stepped back, pull them out of earshot and start whispering, and then they'd slink off and avoid him the rest of the night. Bloody fuckin' hell.
We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
JZ - Oct 01, 2013 4:46:52 am PDT #7441 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Steph L. - Oct 01, 2013 4:48:28 am PDT #7442 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I am so, so sorry for that cheeto-colored fucknut from my state.
tommyrot - Oct 01, 2013 5:19:23 am PDT #7443 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm just hoping the shutdown goes badly enough for House Republicans that they won't make us default on our debt as well. Because that would be a hundred times worse than a shutdown.
I think the debt limit will be reached around the 17th?
Steph L. - Oct 01, 2013 5:23:17 am PDT #7444 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I think the debt limit will be reached around the 17th?
The debt limit bullshit actually makes me the angriest. It's not for future spending; it's to cover spending that was already done on things that this bunch of fuckneck Congress members ALREADY APPROVED.
RAAAAAAAAAAGE.
Jesse - Oct 01, 2013 5:23:25 am PDT #7445 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
cheeto-colored fucknut
Hee.
Consuela - Oct 01, 2013 5:31:29 am PDT #7446 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
They're all fuckheads.
I saw a fabulous clip last night of Christopher Hayes schooling Fox News on the actual ACA. Fox is selling the most ridiculous lies about the law, it's amazing. Including the assertion that the law has failed because only 1% of people without insurance have been covered so far. Hayes pointed out this was because the law hasn't gone into effect yet.
Not enough face-palm in the world!
Jessica - Oct 01, 2013 5:33:55 am PDT #7447 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
RAAAAAAAAAAGE.
I wish I had something more coherent to say than this, but I'm all about the primal scream right now.
Perhaps Ted Cruz will carry on with this tantrum until he actually does hold his breath until he passes out, at which point the grown-ups can move in and take over?
Dana - Oct 01, 2013 5:35:36 am PDT #7448 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I suppose I should apologize for Ted Cruz, but Texas is a really big state, and that's a slippery slope.
tommyrot - Oct 01, 2013 5:37:29 am PDT #7449 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I suppose I should apologize for Ted Cruz, but Texas is a really big state, and that's a slippery slope.
Like.
Sheryl - Oct 01, 2013 5:52:12 am PDT #7450 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I'm a "non-essential" federal employee.
Fuckers.