Day 15, and the madness continues.
But I know why Republicans have shut down the government and may lead us into a debt ceiling default. It’s not all that complicated. Here’s the reason: You cannot take out of a person’s mind with reason what reason didn’t put in to it in the first place.
This is why facts don’t matter to them. They refuse to be bothered with them. Arguments based on facts involve thinking, and that is the last thing Republican radicals want to do. It hurts their head.
When this thing started Michele Bachmann told Sean Hannity her bunch was winning the argument in the minds of the American people. I laughed out loud. For her to believe most people agree with her is the equivalent of saying she believes most people are like her. Now that IS delusional.
The absence of reason is why President Obama and the Democrats must not give Republicans anything in return for ending their anarchy. Any notion that doing so would solve the crisis ignores that absence. People who are reasonable would not be doing what is being done in the first place. So appeasement now will encourage Republican extremists to continue acting without rhyme or reason.
I understand very well the gravity of the situation. Anyone who thinks at all does. But having a divided government with one side run by people who believe thinking is the enemy of truth cannot go on indefinitely. At some point real leaders have to take the risk of telling these people they will not stand by and let them destroy our way of life.
That is the tipping point we have now reached. It remains to be seen if there are enough leaders to take the risk.
