As someone who lived in a state affected by Sandy to those affected by the flooding in Texas...

[Cassidy]

13. Yes, but

how do we hold people accountable for the crazy people the majority of voters elect to their leadership unless they suffer direct consequences for the actions that are taken by their loco leadership?
Simply pointing out the facts doesn't work. "I worked for my SS check - everyone else is a moocher!"

Those leaders, like Cruz, result in pain that is spread to all of us, e.g. the financial losses from the government shutdown he fomented.

I would like to see Abbott required to go individually, hat in hand, to President Obama and to every individual FEMA worker, all of whom he has implicitly maligned (Jade Helm FEMA camps!), and thank them for their help before they actually get to work. The press needs to be there for every minute of it! And 10 minutes of the video needs to run every hour on every FOX affiliate.

I am in a purple state and I think we, too, need to suffer directly and explicitly for our loco "libertarian" leaders instead of always being helped out of our misfortunes by the blue states.