As little as I like the GOP, is is not collectively responsible for what 25% of Republicans do. - Edit 1
Before modification by Joel at 05/10/2013 12:53:29 AM
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When a union votes to strike it doesn't matter if a sizable minority of the union does not support the strike, the union strikes collectively.
When a union votes to strike it doesn't matter if a sizable minority of the union does not support the strike, the union strikes collectively.
Sometimes even a union stops non union members from working on the job, this would be picket lines with unions, but in this situation it would be not passing a clean cr with Democrats and 20 or so Republican votes.
As long as the Hasert rule is in effect, the Republicans are striking. It doesn't matter if half the Republicans in the house are striking, or if it really 30 gun ho members and the rest of them fear retaliation from primaries, it is still a strike.
It is hard to imagine 25% of a union intimidating a dissenting 75% into a strike, short of violence, and the Tea Party has stopped short of that (so far as I know.) It is still non-violent coup by extortion, not violent coup by terrorism (though I thought extortion illegal, too.) Like I say though, the best way to nullify the Hastert Rule is to deny a House majority to the only party observing it.
View original postOh the government may default on its debts because of the Republican union, because of this union the US Goverment may go bankrupt 
This is so fucked up 
I know, and the really messed up thing is that BOTH parties seem increasingly eager to simply role the continuing resolution fight into the debt ceiling fight, Dems because they are married to Robamacare and think their hand only gets stronger the longer this goes on, and Republicans because they have burned their ships and fear Tea Party fratricide if they try to retreat anyway. With a few notable exceptions (e.g. WIC and the VA) the shutdown is merely an embarrassing inconvenience, but federal bankruptcy is the real deal.