Boehner's Epic Fail

http://www.truth-out.org/epic-fail/1311951029

Friday 29 July 2011
by: William Rivers Pitt, Truthout | Op-Ed


I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

- Benjamin Franklin

A tidal wave of Stupid washed over Washington DC on Thursday night, and when the sun rose on Friday to shine on the calendar of doom - four days left until default - it became all too evident that a manufactured crisis had suddenly transformed into a very, very real one.

House Speaker Boehner attempted to ram through a draconian debt-limit bill in order to force Senate Democrats to reject it - more theater, of course - but found himself unable to control his own caucus. After a feverish day-long attempt to whip enough votes to pass the measure, Boehner's Tea Party right flank told him to take his bill, fold it, spindle it, and shove it where the orange don't reach.

Then, realizing what the issue is, cry right through that laugh.