And some of THEM don't even believe you are a friggin citizen!
President Obama's statement to Scott Pelley that SS checks might not go out hit a nerve with a few of my local republican neighbors. Here's the thing, though...
For ONCE...they. are. with. you!
"They better cut a damn deal with that sumbitch," David Wise told me. David lives across the street and he's on SSDI, like me. "My check don't come, I can't live!"
David doesn't think Obama is a legal citizen. He thinks Obama is waiting for the perfect moment to put us all in FEMA camps. But when it's gonna hurt him, David knows who to blame for fuckin with his livelihood.
"I never called my damn Representative in my whole damn life!" he explained. "But I done it today! Three damn times! These damn congress people messin with my life need to raise this debt! I don't give a shit if Uncle Sam is a HUNDRED trillion in debt! I need this money, I paid into it, and ain't NOBODY takin it from me!"
Strangely, Mr. President...David is with you.
And...Wall street is with you.
And...Mitch McConnell is all but waving the white flag in your face! Capitulating to YOU for once!
Am I living in bizzaro world or something?
Look, David's story is common among people in my neighborhood. None of them give a shit about the debt. Some are on SS, some have kids on Medicaid, and some have food stamps.
What do you think will happen if republicans take that away from them?
And...what do you think will happen if the FDA can't inspect meats, and so those meats cannot legally make it to the grocery stores, so those stores start to run low on meat?
And...what do you think will happen when Wall Street falls through the floor?
And...what do you think will happen when the pentagon can't continue to afford to play with new and exciting drones in foreign countries?
And...what do you think will happen when the 9-11 first responders don't get their compensation?
And...what do you think will happen when troops, and the national security infrastructure cannot operate?
Mr. President....you have these guys on the run. They're waving the flag now. They're sweating, shaking, and their knees are starting to get weak. Because, unlike lunatics like Bachmann and Allen West...they know what will happen when the debt ceiling doesn't get raised.
Just. Hold. Firm. Continue highlighting the horrific things that will come to pass, and laugh at people that tell you not to use the threat of not sending SS checks out. Because it WORKS! I've SEEN IT! Hell, I just showed you a BIRTHER that is on your side.
Just hold the line, sir. You've created the right narrative this time. Now all you have to negotiate is the terms of their surrender!