How 'bout those Republicans?
So for weeks all we have heard from the networks and seen in the newspaper, was how the Republicans, the MAGA radicals, were going to shut down the government. It was never mentioned that it was not the 5 MAGA crazies that were stopping things, it was the Democrats who voted in lock-step against every Republican proposal, until they didn’t. (Of course they did pull the fire alarm in what passes for par for the course from Democrats these days - anything goes!) A wild idea I had was, what if the two parties had a little give and take on some things? Everyone, including Democrats, know the Southern Border is out of control. How about giving in on that a bit? But I digress…
For weeks we saw and heard, with much weeping and gnashing of teeth, how the Republicans were going to be responsible for closing the National Parks and making government employees starve (of course by now we all know the employees get back-paid for every nickel deferred from the shutdown.) But now that the “crisis” has been averted, where are the articles trumpeting the brilliant maneuvering of McCarthy and the GOP? Where is the praise for their bi-partisanship? Rhetorical questions, of course. The press was licking its chops to once again blame the GOP for a shutdown - this time they didn’t get it.
More on the whole budget process, or what passes for it later.