What one person can be attributed with this debt ceiling fiasco?
This guy.In mid-January, newly installed as the GOP House majority leader, Virginia’s Eric Cantor rose to the podium inside a spacious hotel ballroom to deliver a message to his troops, including the 87 newcomers who had given the party control of the House.
A vote to increase the nation’s $14.3 trillion debt limit was coming soon, he told the caucus members who had gathered at the Marriott in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor for a closed-door retreat less than 10 days after taking power. Think of it as a “hidden” opportunity, he implored them, a chance to achieve their goal of reining in the federal government and its spending habits.
“I’m asking you to look at a potential increase in the debt limit as a leverage moment when the White House and President Obama will have to deal with us,” said Cantor, one of several new House leaders who detailed the game plan for the coming months. “Either we stick together and demonstrate that we’re a team that will fight for and stand by our principles, or we will lose that leverage.”
The frantic showdown that followed, bringing the nation to the brink of default, looked like the haphazard escalation of a typical partisan standoff.
It wasn’t.
And don't forget these
fucking idiots. Sorry Nutty, this is what you get when folks have the attitude
"Throw the bums out!".
There's more, but here's a few names. The rest are at the link.
Randy Altschuler (NY-01)
Greg Anders (WA-02)
Andy Barr (KY-06)
Justin Bernier (CT-05)
Mike Clark (CT-05)
Steve Daines (MT-AL)
Brendan Doherty (RI-01)
Rob Frost (OH-10)
Mark Greenberg (CT-05)
Abel Maldonado (CA-23)
Ed Martin (MO-02)
Luke Messer (IN-06)
Ann Wagner (MO-02)
Jackie Walorski (IN-02)
Michael Williams (TX-33)
Roger Williams (TX-33)
Lisa Wilson-Foley (CT-05)
If and when the market crashes tomorrow, bringing our economy into a state that would make the Great Depression look like boom times, I hope each and every one of these nutjobs are lined up in front of Wall Street for all of America to see the Faces of Treason. 