Finito. I'm done writing about the debt ceiling debate. Really. I'm serious this time. But I'm giving POLITICO's
Roger Simon the
last word since he perfectly captured the absurdity of it all:
A six-shooter lies gleaming on the table.
There are five bullets in its chambers. You spin the cylinder and hold the gun to America’s head.
“Stop, don’t pull the trigger!” says Barack Obama. “We can’t risk America’s future.”
“Aww, go ahead and shoot,” say the Republicans. “Maybe it will reduce the size of government … permanently.”
And that was the debt ceiling debate. President Obama was not willing to risk a default that might ruin the American economy and topple the world’s financial system. The Republicans, or more specifically the tea party Republicans in the House, simply did not care. Some said that they wanted default. It would be healthy. America could sell off its national parks and the gold reserves in Fort Knox. I kid you not. You didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
America is doing both. And the Founders are spinning in their graves. Peace. Out.
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