DailyKos founder Markos Moulitsas on the latest GOP obstruction tactics, and the more general GOP tendency to blame us for doing what they've already done.
Congressional Republicans are funny little people.
Once obsessed with “nuclear options” and “up-or-down” votes, they have set new records of obstructionism via the filibuster, refusing the majority party any leeway in delivering on its promises to the American people.
Once happy to use the reconciliation process as a tool to pass costly and complex legislation, they now scream about the “unprecedented” nature of the perfectly appropriate parliamentary procedure.
Once eager to deliver outrageous lies about the Democratic agenda — such as the whopper about “death panels” out to murder grandma — they now whine about the lack of “comity” in Congress and its effect on the majority party’s future plans. “If they do this [pass healthcare reform], it’s going to poison the well for anything else they would like to achieve this year or thereafter,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
Yet after a year of spreading fear, uncertainty and destruction, healthcare reform is on the brink of becoming reality. And as Democrats plan to adopt yet another common GOP parliamentary tactic to finish the job on healthcare, Republican hysteria is reaching new heights.
