With Bank Teetering, a Bet on the G.O.P. Backfires

[Proud Liberal Dem]

4. Oopsie

They either thought that they could control the teabaggers or that they believed the teabaggers weren't as suicidal as they have shown themselves to be. Hopefully, what happened with the debt ceiling debacle (which undoubtedly harmed our economy/credit rating/deficit) should lay to rest any doubts about their destructive and idiosyncratic nature. They don't play well with others and are not lapdogs for the GOP "establishment" either, not that I have any sympathy for them because, after all, they pandered to them and helped advance them in order to achieve what now looks like a Pyrrhic victory.