Who Else Would Have a Plan Called “Doomsday?”
Republicans. Live live with them; can’t flush them.
They have a plan for the fiscal cliff:
Boehner's Doomsday
Republicans are seriously considering a Doomsday Plan if fiscal cliff talks collapse entirely. It’s quite simple: House Republicans would allow a vote on extending the Bush middle class tax cuts (the bill passed in August by the Senate) and offer the President nothing more: no extension of the debt ceiling, nothing on unemployment, nothing on closing loopholes. Congress would recess for the holidays and the president would face a big battle early in the year over the debt ceiling.
For the life of me, I cannot figure out why they don’t call it “Bring Me the Head of Barack Obama Plan,” because that’s what is it.
I dunno, is it just me? Calling something the Doomsday Plan seems a bit over the top what with December 21st approaching.
I have a counter proposal: The ‘Bring me the head of the ChiefDrunk’ plan.
1Then we’ll all find a real cliff to throw it off of…
Doomsday, huh. Is he planning to throw out horrible biological diseases and have neighors plan to attack neighbors? They are kinda shameless ain’t they.
2That works for me. It’s a GREAT plan.
1) Vote on middle class tax cuts (presumably passes)
2) adjourn
3) President uses 14th Amendment power to ignore debt ceiling.
Section 4 of that Amendment says (in relevant part)
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.
The way I read this the Executive Branch can continue paying out on these debts that were incurred by Congress, This I Know, for my Constitution Tells Me So.
Oh, don’t throw us in that there briar patch, Br’er Drunkard.
Speaking of whom, I’m seriously considering running a quixotic House campaign here in Ohio just so I can call him a drunken idiot for most of 2014. Once or twice a year, they pull Boehner out of his bottle long enough to prop him in front of some cameras, where he dutifully acts like a huge doTucEheAbag, mouthing whatever illogical hypocrisies they whisper into his befuddled ear.
In exchange for this service, he gets to keep his gavel.
I don’t know what the voters in his district think. It’s hard to tell who they are, it’s so gerrymandered, but I think most of them sit around the double-wide all day eating cheetos and watching Cinemax Adult od Demand.
How else do they keep getting an orange Boehner?
3I don’t believe that tea baggers have the power to hurt anyone as badly as they are hurting themselves. Extremism punishes its own.
4Flat out awesome Idea, daChipster.
5@daChipster. I think you and Nancy Pilosi are on the same wave length. Seems like I read somewhere that she’s advocating a plan similar to this. Can’t wait until 2014.
6I always assume that a compromise is made and offered in good faith when it’s named “The Doomsday Plan.”
7Bad boy, daC, with that Cheetos reference.
8daChipster, if you decide to run, I’ll send you a little launch money. Just for the fun of it. I will want one of your bumper stickers.
9Rick, funniest comment of the day!
10I guess they didn’t get the memo which said that most Americans will blame the GOP if this thing goes into the toilet.
11If it’s only Doomsday for the Repubs then I think I could live with that. http://front.moveon.org/dear-democrats-please-stick-to-these-8-principles-from-robert-reich
12I’m with TexasEllen.
13JJ: You need to find a more recent photo of The Boner… with the bags under his eyes, the puffy eyelids, and the ancient orange cast to the skin. The one you used is far too flattering… must be 20 years old, at least. And yes, the Cheetos comment made my day. Hahahahahaha
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