"An Out-of-Control GOP is the Party of Nonstop National Crisis"

LOL

I don't understand what the Freedom Caucus is up to. So I'm not defending them. I just don't understand what's going on, nor do I understand that consequences of a shutdown.

But:

(a) I don't understand how anyone can deny that spending has to be cut...and the Dems and much of the GOP have shown that they aren't going to do it.

And, more importantly:

(b) It is the height of absurdity for a Democrat to berate the Republicans for being "the party of nonstop national crisis.

The party of nonstop national crisis is the Democrats. Far and away. No contest. It's preposterous to suggest otherwise. Between creating real crises and fabricating fake ones, the left has immersed us in a seething vat of panic: Climate hysteria, the "racial reckoning," support for mass terroristic BLM/Antifa riots, depolicing, decarceration, the massive crime spike they caused, "systemic racism" hysteria, "white supremacy" hysteria, transgender hysteria and the massive push to brainwash school kids about race, sex, and "gender," the mass sexual mutilation of children, the entire Trump presidency and post-presidency, Russia Russia Russia, repeated impeachments, the politicization of the DoJ and tsunami of Trump prosecutions, JANUARY 6th THE INSURRECTION AND GREATEST ATTACK ON AMERICA OF ALL TIME, COVID, lockdowns, mandates mandates mandates, mis/dis/malinformation, the insane "all-of-society" scramble to suppress free speech...

   My own view is basically that you can't have a rational discussion with the left anymore. Progressives are so locked up in the echo chamber that they can't see what's going on. Or, rather: when they can, they won't. They get glimpses...but when they're immersed in "the narrative" fed to them by the media and everyone they know, it's easy to look away from the occasional glitches in the Matrix...

   The Dems are now the party of nonstop hysteria. Hysteria is now partially (a) something to which they are addicted, and (b) something they use as a weapon to bring about (one of their favorite words) "change." 

   And, of course, it's probably a good idea for them to go ahead and accuse the other side of what they're doing. A common sophistical tactic...

   None of this means that the Pubs are any great shakes. Even Republicans don't trust the Republicans. They are, undoubtedly, less insane than the contemporary Democrats. But you don't get credit when the bar is set that low.