Latest GOP talking point is truly pathetic [View all]

[Enrique]

Obama is "humiliating" the GOP by winning (at the moment) the negotiations. I've heard this from a number of people, the latest from Rich Lowry.

Think about how pathetic this is. These tough-talking, chest-beating assholes, they now think their best bet is to cry like the biggest babies anyone has ever seen.

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/335029/operation-humiliation-rich-lowry

Back during the 2008 Democratic primaries, Rush Limbaugh launched Operation Chaos. Four years later, President Barack Obama has embarked on Operation Humiliation.

It is coming off without a hitch.

Stage One was to dispatch his treasury secretary to Capitol Hill to make a laughable offer to Republicans on the fiscal cliff — literally. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reported that he burst out laughing upon hearing Tim Geithner spell out the White House’s terms.

Stage Two is watching Republicans squirm and panic. Less than a week after the hilarity courtesy of Geithner, the New York Times headlined a front-page piece, “GOP Looks for Fallback to Avoid a Fiscal Standoff.”

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