With our nation sliding ever closer to the fiscal cliff,
President Obama and Speaker Boehner are engaged in a dangerous
kabuki dance of political brinksmanship once again, with economic
chaos waiting in the wings. They seem to have reached an impasse
that might lead to a Thelma and Louise launch off the cliff for all
of us.
Then again, it all sounds so very familiar: the blame game and finger pointing and accusations of failures to “reach out” for a middle ground, to bargain in good faith. As Yogi would say, it’s like déjà vu all over again. Yet another replay round of Groundhog Day from the debt ceiling brinksmanship of just last summer.
Read more: http://spectator.org/archives/2012/12/19/lockouts-and-fiscal-cliffs
Then again, it all sounds so very familiar: the blame game and finger pointing and accusations of failures to “reach out” for a middle ground, to bargain in good faith. As Yogi would say, it’s like déjà vu all over again. Yet another replay round of Groundhog Day from the debt ceiling brinksmanship of just last summer.
Read more: http://spectator.org/archives/2012/12/19/lockouts-and-fiscal-cliffs
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