Republicans are content with playing childish games...

[MrScorpio]

Last edited Fri Nov 21, 2014, 02:59 PM - Edit history (1)

For now.

And The President usually ends up being the only adult left in the room, contending with the problems of the real world.

The shameful thing is that the GOP doesn't believe that it has a responsibility to all Americans, to the country as a whole and not even to its own future. It makes up a false narrative and tries to mold reality around it. The only people who fall for this are those who only live within the right wing fabricated bubble.

They think that they're playing a game that they can win, by only using as few pieces as possible and rewriting all of the rules.

They're painting themselves in a corner. In the end, they can only come out as losers. This game they're playing won't last forever.

Last night, The President made it clear that the Republicans all need to step out of their bubble and come face to face with the real world. He has more faith in them to be responsible adults than I do.

I don't think that the Right knows how to do that. Because if they ever did, it would mean that everything that the GOP has done since Obama became our president has been an abysmal failure.

Can you imagine what it's like to realize that everything you believe has been a lie? That's what it would take for Republicans to stop playing their childish games and, for once, exist in reality.

[BeyondGeography]

1. Good luck telling millions of happy and relieved families to unhug themselves

I agree with you.

[Gothmog]

2. The GOP's reaction to President Obama's actions are sad

I agree that President Obama is being the only adult in the room

[DetlefK]

3. The republican problem is that they traded boring arguments for frenzied outrage.

And now they can't back down from their outrage.

If Obama keeps it on a purely technical level and delivers thought-out arguments and cites experts, the Republicans can shriek "outrage" all they want.

A side-by-side-comparison:

"Keystone XL would only provide about 50 permanent jobs and the costs would only be recovered if the price of gas rises sharply, which is not at all expected."
vs.
"Tyrant, job-killer..."

"The changing climate of planet Earth will produce severe weather-phenomena that will cost lots of money to cope with. This is the opinion of more than 97% of climate-experts. We have to act and we have no time to loose or our children and grandchildren will suffer the consequences of our hesitance."
vs.
"The climate is cooling! Global warming is a good thing! The Bible says there is no global warming!"

"If you look at the economic data of the past 30 years, you will see that economic success does not trickle down. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Blue-collar middle-class-workers and inventors have always been the backbone of our economy, not people that make money by destroying jobs."
vs.
"Socialist!"