Trump's Nominee for FBI Director Dropped a Major Allegation About the CIA, COVID,...
Why We Need to Talk About the Secret Service Agent Who Engaged Trump's...
The Evaporation of the Obama Mystique
Time's 'Person of the Year' Is Unwoke
Funny How This Happens in a State Hostile Toward Self-Defense
How Not to Think About Syria
Journalists Deserve All the Angst That Trump's Win Brings
Free Speech: Why a Tech Titan Backed Trump
The Democrats' Buts
Government Is Not the Solution
Maintaining the SALT Deduction Is Good Tax Policy and Good Politics
Trump Should Resist Macron’s Ambitions in Syria and Lebanon
The Next Few Weeks will Determine if Trump, the Dealmaker, Can Earn the...
John Fetterman Agrees to Meet With Pete Hegseth. Here's Why.
The Strangest News Segment Regarding Killer of UnitedHealthCEO
Tipsheet

Well Played, Republicans

Yes, that's sarcasm.  

Rather than vote for a plan that would have allowed the GOP to argue that Democrats were taking America over the cliff as a result of their refusal to back their own leaders' previous plan to raise taxes on those making $1 million per year, the GOP will now be blamed for taking America over the cliff as a result of a stubborn refusal to back tax increases on million dollar earners.

Advertisement

Yes, I wanted John Boehner to step down before wanting him to step down was cool.  I've not been a huge fan, but he was trying to help Republicans salvage something from the very poor hand they were already trying to play.  Grover Norquist understood what he was trying to do, and was willing to go along.  Others did not, and would not.

As a result, expect Democrats to make sure everyone knows -- if we go over the cliff -- it's because, in part, Republicans couldn't even decide among themselves to raise taxes on millionaires . . . and were willing to let regular Americans suffer as a result.  May not be accurate, may not be true.  Won't matter -- you know the MSM.

As I said, well played, Republicans.  Geeeez.  As I just said to my husband earlier this evening, this sort of thing makes me wonder why I even get invested (no pun intended, though the market's already plunged since the news).

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement