From The Hill, “Democratic senators say that unless Republicans scrap their plan to advance a ‘clean’ seven-week continuing resolution, they don’t see any option other than defeating it as a way to send a ‘message’ to President Trump. Doing so would almost certainly trigger a government shutdown, something Democrats avoided earlier this year but is increasingly looking inevitable this fall.”
I doubt there will be a shutdown. For all of the dumbass Democrats’ tough talk, they are feckless and continue to have no spine and no plan. This will be the tell: If they go along with a clean CR. If Democrats vote along with RepubliKKKlans to keep the government open while they “hash out” nothing, then there will be no government shutdown at any point — ever — during the Dictator Don sh*tshow part deux. If dumbass Democrats can’t find a spine now, then why would I believe they’ll grow one in a couple of months? Even if they did shut down the government, are they willing to go the full nine yards? There has to be some point to killing government funding other than “sending a message,” as one idiotic Democratic senator suggests. If Democrats temporarily shut it down only to eventually reopen it while achieving no concessions on the ACA, then what’s the f***ing point? That’s how this is going to end. I promise. I can already see it. The only shutdown worth doing would be either a permanent one until they get everything they want on the ACA, which no doubt the Don! will ignore, or until RepubliKKKlans eliminate the filibuster so they can pass the budget with a simple majority. RepubliKKKlans have been chomping at the bit to kill the filibuster anyway. So, let them.
That being said, I’ve been calling for a shutdown from day one — back in March — but naturally, Schumer, who is the worst Democratic leader of the Senate ever, caved for fear that doing so would give the Don! too much power. Well, back then, as now, I say give the moron all the power! Yes, yes, I sound like a MAGA moron, but I am not. I want to hasten the next civil war, and this is probably the best way to accelerate it. Look f***tards, part of the reason we’re in this f***ing mess is because dumbass Democrats keep saving the country from the worst impulses of RepubliKKKlans, MAGA morons, evil evangelicals, and QAnon kooks. It never f***ing fails. Democrats, for far too long, have been that steadying hand on the government, preventing America from realizing its worst self. This is why Americans, especially those non-voters and politically illiterate, believe that both parties are the same, that there is really no difference between the two. Well, that sh*t needs to end now. So, let the government shut down and let Dictator Don and the RepubliKKKlan Party unleash the full force of authoritarianism on American morons. Maybe then — just maybe — people will start to pay attention and wake up. Oh, who the f*** am I kidding? This country is lost. Again, the only way to get it back is to vanquish the enemy, and the enemy is all those on the political right, and the only way to win is through war. So, let it come sooner rather than later. Again, the only way is through — not around, over, or under — but through! Welcome to stupid America!