Heckuva Job, Wacko Birds: You’ve Shut Down the U.S. Government

[DonViejo]

by Kirsten Powers Oct 1, 2013 5:45 AM EDT

So the ‘suicide caucus’ of the GOP just shut down the government to reflect the ‘will of the American people’? No, it turns out we didn’t want that. They’re delusional, says Kirsten Powers.

The GOP “suicide caucus”, led by proud “wacko bird” Sen. Ted Cruz, was, not surprisingly, spawned from a faulty premise.

Their kamikaze campaign to defund President Obama’s signature legislative achievement, the Affordable Care Act, ridiculously rests on the idea that they are reflecting “the will of the American people.” It’s true that Obamacare is not the most popular government program in history. But hardly anyone outside this pestiferous little posse supports defunding the law, especially at the cost of a government shutdown.

In a widely touted USA Today/Pew Research survey, 53 percent of Americans expressed disapproval of Obamacare. But of those 53 percent, just 23 percent said they wanted Republicans to do what they could to kill the health-care law. A Kaiser Family Foundation poll asked, “Would you say you approve or disapprove of cutting off funding as a way to stop some or all of the law from being put into place?” Defunding was opposed 56-37. When the possibility of a government shutdown was factored in, there was even less support. In the CNBC All-America Economic Survey, opposition to defunding under those circumstances was 59-19.

On what planet is 19 percent of the population the expression of the will of the American people? The GOP has routinely conflated disapproval of or confusion about Obamacare with a desire to defund the law. Now they seem to believe that the American people want to defund the health-care law so much that they are willing to drive the American economy off a cliff. It’s beyond delusional. This is government of, for, and by the fringe.

full article
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/01/heckuva-job-wacko-birds-you-ve-shut-down-the-u-s-government.html

[libdem4life]

1. Now we understand why dual citizenship can be a problem..not 100% American or in American interests.

Bachmann had the same problem...Swiss dual Citizenship. And they have the nerve to support Birthers...get rid of them.