Another Government Shutdown?

With just two days remaining on a continuing resolution to fund the Federal Government, the Republican House is close to acting on legislation that would allow the Government to operate through the remainder of the fiscal year.  But there's at least one large fly in the ointment on the Senate side.  Demagogue and ex-Canadian Sen. Ted "Tailgunner Ted" Cruz (R-Secessionland) is prepared to gum up the process in order to raise campaign funds  stage a protest against immigration reform measures implemented by the President.  This coming tantrum puts Tailgunner Ted at loggerheads with Weeper of the House John "Mr. Tangerine Man" Boehner, who doesn't want another Government shutdown after last year's debacle that was blamed on Rethuglicans….and forgotten by Dems and independents in the 2014 no-show mid-terms.

You can be sure that Tailgunner Ted knows his charade only plays to the mouth breathing Neanderthals that make up his base of support, and that funding for the Government will ultimately pass.  But he has his sights on 2016, and knows that the Rethuglican Presidential primary voters favor the most radical-right candidates, so he'll fulminate against "illegal aliens" and the "tyrannical" President Obama whenever the cameras are rolling.

(photo:  Tailgunner Joe McCarthy, left, and Tailgunner Ted Cruz, peas in a pod)