Does anyone else find the hue and cry of GOP legislators over FAA furloughs laughable?

[Skidmore]

I mean, come on. What did they think sequestration would manifest itself as? Instead of the public getting all riled up with them over furloughs, there should be a public outcry over the Rs not participating in governance. I'm so sick of these jerks.

[Rex]

1. They don't earn a paycheck, they steal it one day at a time.

nt.

[leftyohiolib]

2. especially since this was their idea

[Autumn]

3. Hilarious. They are all such fucking jokes

they do nothing, nothing but fuck up whatever they can.

[Ganja Ninja]

4. This is what "smaller government" means.

That's the message the Democrats should be hammering home.
People should also be reminded of all the jobs missing from the economy right now because of the years GOP insistence on budget cutting across the board.

[The Wielding Truth]

5. Yes. It's more than laughable. It's insane. They are actively destroying our country.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Yes, they wanted the sequestration and hate all government employees anyway.

[monmouth3]

7. And according to Mitch, it's all Obama's fault....n/t

[Skidmore]

8. Yurtle, the McTurtle, can bite me.

[pampango]

9. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA), "The administration is clearly manufacturing a crisis for political gain."

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) appeared on MSNBC earlier, and while the interview covered a fair amount of ground, I was especially struck by his assertion that FAA flight delays, caused by sequestration budget cuts, were orchestrated deliberately by the Obama administration.

Apparently, Toomey and other conservatives think there's some sort of conspiracy: President Obama and his team want to inconvenience the public on purpose, in part to show how important government spending is, and in part so that Americans will be annoyed enough to pressure Congress to end the stupid sequester policy.

Oddly enough, Republicans don't make this argument when it comes to other areas -- health care, education, public safety -- affected by sequestration, though they did use similar talking points to complain about White House tours.

As we discussed yesterday, Sam Stein explored the policy details and found the Republican arguments unpersuasive.

The reasoning behind the FAA's decision to apply a one-day-every-two-weeks furlough to all 47,000 employees -- including 15,000 flight controllers -- is also not as simple or political as Republicans argue. The FAA has to cut $637 million from its budget before the end of September, with every account sliced by the same percent. The FAA's operations account, from which 71 percent of all payments goes to salary, can't avoid the chopping block.

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/04/24/17897212-toomey-sees-nefarious-faa-scheme

And republicans manufacture yet another conspiracy that they can try to sell to their base.

[Skidmore]

10. I just sent a note to Wasserman-Schultz and asked her why Dems aren't out

educating the public on the sequestration and its effects.

[olddots]

11. this is not a joke these maggots aren't funny

this is treason ,they are attempting to shut down the country and economy for some personal gains that make no sense.

[Skidmore]

12. Didn't mean to imply that it is funny "ha ha."

It is laughable that they put this line out there.

[sarisataka]

13. They had no problem

lining up behind Ronnie to fire them en masse

[Skidmore]

14. Which is why the every myopic and distracted public needs to be educated about this

and the lie exposed.