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General News    H2'ed 10/5/13

Minority Government At Work

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-       "anarchists" (Sen. Harry Reid, D-NV; New York Times)

"      "saboteurs"  (Pres. Obama; Jonathan Chait)

"      "extortionists and hostage takers" (Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY) 

"      "legislative arsonists" (Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-CA) 

"      "murderers"  (Sen. Angus King, I-ME) 

       "      "terrorists" (White House aide Dan Pfeiffer; Sen. Dick Durbin, D-IL; Al Gore ) 

       "       "lemmings with suicide vests"  (Rep. David Nunes, R-CA) 

       "      "traitors" (Robert Reich; Scott Galindez) 

       "      "morally and politically correct"  (Forbes) 

 

And then there's the hard to top rant by Charles Pierce in Esquire:

 

"We have elected an ungovernable collection of snake-handlers, Bible-bangers, ignorami, bagmen and outright frauds, a collection so ungovernable that it insists the nation be ungovernable, too. We have elected people to govern us who do not believe in government."

 

"Disapproval" is what the American people have long felt about congressional Republicans according to some polls (70% of public in Quinnipiac polls since 2011; 80% of public in Gallup polls since 2009). 

 

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