To the GOP/Tea Party, this action tonight isn't about running the country. To them, this is war, pure and simple. And unfortunately, I can only think of 1 analogy that works.
It was rhetorically asked today by 1 reporter in a tweet, "Why don't the GOP understand that to the Democrats that sequestration was the compromise?" Well, what the reporter missed is that to the GOP, this is a war, and the other side must be annihilated. To them, the GOP is one country, and everyone else is an enemy country. And sequestration was a truce between the two countries. And the GOP was like a country that gave up some of its military so that the Democrats country would give it some of the Democrats' land. Now, 2 years later, the GOP nation says if the Democrats' country don't give them more of its land, they'll take it over by force. I hate to say it, but it sure seems that only analogy I can think of that comes close to being appropriate to show the GOP action is 1930s Europe, and that means the GOP is playing Germany, and the rest of the country is the rest of Europe. I wish I could think of another parallel, but I really can't.
To the GOP, this is war, and it's a war they feel they have to win. To them, his isn't 1 country, but 2 separate nations. And that other nation must be defeated and taken over. Too bad we've seen this action before, and what happened wasn't pretty. I'm afraid it won't be very pretty, again.
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