Current Affairs [Thursday, October 24, 2013]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"So while the rest of you were off in Italy, the Tea Party wingnuts of the Republican Party decided not to tank our nation's credit rating and thrust the entire planet into an economic downward spiral the likes of which would make economists wet themselves," Josh said. "Naturally, being the mature and reasonable crowd that we've grown to love over the last semester, the rational part of the Republican Party--all three of them--would like a cookie for not screwing all of us and the Tea Party is still sulking about how they didn't get their way."

Josh leaned back against his desk. "Right, so my question today is: will voters remember this in a year? Will they vote these chuckleheads out of office despite the ridiculous gerrymandering, the general apathy about non-presidential elections and the current attention span of 140 characters or less? I've been in politics a long, long time and the poll numbers for Congress and the Republican Party are as low as have ever existed. Do you think people will stop caring by the next voting cycle? And if so: WHY? WHYYYYYY?"

Sorry. Josh got loud there at the end.

Comments

Re: Offer your opinion

[arsenicmauls]

Gert made a soft noise that might have been a huff, but her huffing was usually even less subtle.

"A more constructive question would probably be 'how can we keep this incident in people's minds until this time next year'?" she grumbled. "Assuming that's our political persuasion, which is obviously not a given."

Gert was the furthest thing from a Republican, her fondness for starting stupid fights notwithstanding, but she still seemed to be under the impression that the party needed her to defend them at this moment.

Re: Offer your opinion

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"Well, if you're a Tea Partier, you're proud of what just happened," Josh said. "You're not running from the last few weeks. It's only the mainstream Republicans--or RINOs, according to the frothers on the edge--who have shame. They want to change the subject to how no one can make the health care website work."

He tilted his head. "RINO stands for Republican In Name Only, by the way."