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To: longz who wrote (1571243)	11/11/2025 10:29:58 AM
From: locogringo	1 Recommendation Recommended By longz Respond to of 1576619

KaPOW... Dems denuded without even a fig leaf \| the Aspen beat We went to bed on Sunday and there was vague talk of a shutdown workaround. We wake up on Monday, and the Democrats have caved. Analogies, anyone? If this were a boxing match, the Democrats didn’t come out of their corner for the 8th round. If it were a softball game, the ten-run rule got applied. If it were a war, they flew the white flag and laid down their arms. If it were wrestling, they tapped out. If it were poker, they folded, though the time to fold ‘em was a month ago. They didn’t know when to walk away, and so now they have to run. Feel free to add your own analogies. That’s what the comment section is for! This all transpired because Democrats are the minority party in Congress at the moment. They consequently got outvoted on the tax bill last winter. Getting outvoted often happens to the minority party. The Democrats’ solution to being outvoted as the minority party was to demand to be treated like the majority party, else they would shut down the government. They demanded a re-do of the tax bill, specifically the part that let expire the Obamacare insurance subsidies enacted as a temporary measure during COVID. The Republicans’ reaction was, “Huh? Do you think that Democrats get to act like the majority party when they are, and also get to act like the majority party when they aren’t?” It wasn’t hard for the Republicans to call that bluff. After the biblical 40 days and 40 nights, give or take, and over a dozen votes blocked by the Democrats, eight of the 43 Democrat Senators finally broke ranks Sunday evening and voted to re-open the government. The stock market cheered. Food stamp recipients rejoiced. Federal workers felt relieved. Holiday travelers were glad. Democrats fumed. Now there’s a civil war in the Democratic party. By the media reports, it sounds like the biggest one since Democrats quit America a century and a half ago to continue holding in chains some of the men God created equal. In the resolution to both civil wars, the Democrats got hardly anything in the bargain. At least this time, Atlanta didn’t get torched. But Chuck Schumer did. Imagine Schumer stark naked with only a fig leaf, surrounded by ravenous dog-like Democrats looking for someone to blame. Now take away the fig leaf and let loose the dogs. That’s the Democrat Party right now. It ain’t pretty.