I've been cracking up at the war of words between turds, Chris Christie and Rand Paul. Christie mocked Paul's libertarianism (of course, Rand Paul's version of liberty is not for chix!), while Rand Paul countered with a not-so-veiled crack at Christie's weight, dubbing him the "king of pork", even though New Jersey pays more money into the treasury than it receives, while Kentucky receives more than it pays out.
Like I said, I'm tickled pink at this rift within the GOP, with the "could fake it as a moderate" Christie having been a huge favorite among conservatives until his photo ops with the Kenyan usurper. I guess Rand Paul wants to garner that conservative love from those who felt spurned by Christie. I even like the optics of the fight, with the toad-like Christie and the snake-like Paul squaring off like a couple of wingnut wuxia whiners. Even better, the squabbling Christie and Paul remind me of these two guys:
Jennifer Rubin weighed in, against Paul and Rubio. She's afraid they won't make the GOP strong (and thus more able to bomb countries in the Middle East).
ReplyDeleteYes, that's all there is to it...she used to love Rubio. It's good clean fun for those who comment on her blog, almost all of whom throw eggs at her daily.
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Root. For. Injuries.
ReplyDeleteFun, but even more fascinating and popcorn worthy is the House Republican meltdown over the THUD appropriations bill. If you haven't been following it - it's a bit under the radar, but immensely important because it really is the beginning of the ultimate cage match for the soul of the GOP - the Republican caucus decided to write their appropriations bills on the basis of the Paul Ryan budget. Then they decided to keep the Sequester in place, but to increase military spending so the entirety of the sequester cuts came out of discretionary spending. When they cut community block grants by 47%, even a lot of less-insane Republicans refused to vote for it, while the most insane wing refused to vote for it because it didn't defund government operations utterly.
ReplyDeleteA bunch of the want to actually try to govern, at least within the confines of their ideology, and are tired of simply obstructing. The other bunch will refuse to support anything the President supports (I swear, he should come out as a strong supporter of breathing and that would solve the problem), so governing in any sense of the word is not possible for them. Something, as they say, has got to give...
Definitely a temptation to bake Schadenfreud Pie to snack upon while watching!
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