Roger Simon, Politico: The frauds on the Hill target Obama

[highplainsdem]

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/the-frauds-on-the-hill-target-obama-97537.html

In the past, I would complain that Congress was dysfunctional. Today, I would take dysfunctional. Because when the extreme right wing of Congress functions today, it functions with such malicious intent, with such perverse glee at frustrating the will of the people, that one does not know whether to laugh or cry.

We live in a time when outright buffoonery passes for statesmanship. We live in a time when a 21-hour non-filibuster filibuster by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) leads not to general hilarity but serious consideration of how it will help Cruz run for president in 2016.

Nor can the tragicomedy even be questioned. When a reporter asked Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) on Saturday what he would do if his efforts to defund Obamacare should fail, Issa stuck his nose into the reporter’s face and shrilled, “How dare you presume a failure? How dare you? How dare you? How dare you?”

How dare us. Our leaders must not be questioned! They are beyond question. And, in some cases, beyond hope.

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Scathing commentary by Roger Simon, who ends the piece by quoting Politico reporter Ginger Gibson's tweet about smelling booze wafting from House members as they walked off the House floor Saturday night. Simon adds:

What is the old joke? “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.”

Some of our lawmakers appear to be having both.

[highplainsdem]

1. Kicking. Thanks for the recs!

[malaise]

2. When Roger Simon is attacking them

It tells you all you need to know

[whttevrr]

3. I can't wait for Cruz to win the Iowa Caucus!

The Clown is strong in this one.