The Democrats were in control of both houses when they passed the health care bill. The Republicans complained about lack of compromise. The Democrats explained that elections have consequences. They still had control of both houses when the 2011 budget should have been passed but chose not to go there.
Another election took house control away from the Democrats. Then it was their turn to complain about lack of compromise. The Republicans reminded the Democrats that elections have consequences.
A little bit of compromise did ultimately occur. The amount of the cuts that the final agreement contained was closer to the Republican amount than the Democrats' amount. The amount was not the real issue. Funding for Planned Parenthood and environmental rules, very small in the overall financial mix, were driving the arguments. The Republicans gave a little in this culture war that almost shut down the government, letting Planned Parenthood and the environment rules slide. In return, the final amount of cuts more closely resembled Republican math.
Once everything was said and done, everyone came out to their respective podiums and talked about how they won but also commended their esteemed colleagues from across the aisle for the give and take that resulted in an agreement. They think we are stupid. All of these voguing vessels of pomposity, Republicans and Democrats alike, believe they can posture at the podium and claim victory, when we all saw what actually happened. They talk about how tough the work was and how hard their choices were. Not one of them owned up to creating the mess that made that so.
I believe they are afflicted with tiger blood and Adonis DNA. Duh, WINNING! Oops, I hope I didn’t get myself in trouble with any Charlie Sheen trademarks or copyrights.
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