Republican House Speaker John Boehner, with regard to current budget negotiations, said, “We’re not going to roll over and sell out the American people like has been done time and time again in Washington.”

Mr. Boehner, I have two words for you: you lie!

You and your Republican band of steal-from-the-poor, give-to-the-rich thieves sold out the American people a long time ago. You sold us to the highest bidders – the fat cats who line your campaign coffers.

A party that cannot compromise cannot govern.

You are being held hostage by the Know Nothing Crackpots in your party. That’s what happens when you pander to the basest of bases. Or perhaps you’re one of them. Is anyone stupid enough to believe we can balance the budget by cutting Planned Parenthood?

If you’re going to abdicate your responsibility to the American people and shut down the government, then shut it ALL down: airports, law enforcement, fire departments, food inspection, border patrols, CIA, FBI, all the other acronyms, embassies, wars.

See how your base likes anarchy. And salmonella. And plague. And pestilence. And…