At the eleventh hour, a stop-gap budget bill was passed by the House, which averts a shutdown and keeps Planned Parenthood funded. The Tea Partiers and soon-to-be-former House Speaker Boehner once again slink back into their holes.... but at least they didn't cost us $24 billion this time.
What was the point of all that shutdown talk, and all the screaming rage from the right-wingers to shut down PP?
There was no point. It was totally, emphatically pointless.
They knew they wouldn't win, and they knew the claims against PP were complete horses--t, but they went ahead and raged anyway. It was a colossal waste of everyone's time... a phrase which is pretty much a microcosm of trying to get anything done in Washington with them in charge of Congress.
How long will this go on? How many more times do we have to play through this charade? For crying out loud, what's it going to take to get these idiots out of office?
I'm telling you, Kossacks, going for the torches and pitchforks is looking like a more attractive option all the time.