Stay sexy, Ed.
Posted on 11/13/2025 2:19:40 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
There’s a lot of ill-suppressed glee among Republicans right now, along with recriminations among Democrats, about the resolution of the longest government shutdown ever. Eight Democratic senators were able to undercut a few hundred of their colleagues by ending a filibuster against a bill to reopen government, exhibiting both weakness and disunity. (Though there’s no telling how many holdouts privately agreed with the “cave.”) Worse, Democrats failed to secure an extension of Obamacare premium subsidies they repeatedly demanded.
So were Republicans the “winners” and Democrats the “losers” in the shutdown saga? Maybe now, but maybe not later. As the New York Times’ Annie Karni observes, the short-term stakes of the shutdown fight may soon be overshadowed by more enduring public perceptions of what the two parties displayed:
And in holding out for weeks while Republicans refused to extend the health tax credits and Mr. Trump went to court to deny low-income Americans SNAP food benefits, Democrats also honed their main message going into 2026: that Republicans who control all of government have done nothing to address voters’ concerns that the cost of living is too high.
Trump’s clumsy and insensitive handling of the SNAP benefit cutoff was an unforced error and a gift to Democrats. But just as importantly, by “losing” the Obamacare subsidy–extension fight, Democrats may have dodged a bullet. A deal on that issue would have cushioned or even eliminated an Obamacare premium price hike that will...
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What if monkeys flew out of my butt?
What if six turned out to be nine?
I don’t mind.
Oh my, more of INGSOC media trying to make us live in their alternate reality.
If it did, it’s the fault of the LSM.
“Oh my, more of INGSOC media trying to make us live in their alternate reality.”
Compared to the DemocRAT/Media/Communist complex, INGSOC is almost a suitable alternate choice.
Project much, MSN?
The DNC fax went out. At least the 2nd article from the left steam media wishing the title was the case. Screw em.
“IF” a frog had wings, it wouldn’t whomp its butt every time it jumped.
Stay sexy, Ed.
We have all too many people now who inhabit this forum, who if they don’t openly root for this to be true, and stupid and gullible enough to wet their panties over the thought of it.
What if the communists were right about everything?
What if the communists were right about everything?
That's it, in fewer words!
What if The Hokey Pokey really is what it’s all about?
I usually don’t bother reading MSM.
If I feed the need to do so I go
out and look at a pile of fresh dog shit
for minute. I learn that my dog doesn’t
have worms. That way more valuable
than any MSM publication.
It is. When I found out, it completely changed my life.
A Democrat declares victory for the umpteenth time, in the face of clear defeat? Shiver me timbers.
The ones holding it against the Republicans are not going to vote for them anyway. They are under complete control of the democrats. They know who promises them free stuff.
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