The Bus is hanging over the edge of the ravine. The Bus is crammed with human beings. The driver behind the wheel, steps away from the crisis, leaving others hanging…
At the moment, on cable and network tv, many reps and senators are hedging now about how they will vote on the agreement just announced to not default et al. They are right now, to a person, saying, “I havent read the legislation…” but “I’m not going to vote for it if it doesnt have x or y.” Blah, blah and more blah. Amazing display.
Do get the heck off tv and go read the agreement for heaven’s sake. We’re on a bus hanging over the edge of the Rio Grande Gorge and you go on TV to rip off your shirt, show your flabby, trim, fit, impossibly beyond the beyond out of shape “muscles” … and for what reason?? Remind us.
Get the people to safety instead of gunning the motor like some teenage showoff and eroding more of the frail ground under the last three wheels of the bus still on semi solid ground.
If the idea is to try to look fake-heroic, by rushing in at the last minute, throwing up your hands and saying I Tried SO Hard and Look What “they” (other side, whichever side doesnt matter) did… if that’s your game given you have all the limelight and cant pass up a chance to play to all the cameras…. just give us all reprieve. Get the bus off the cliff. Get in and drive. Or else, get off the bus and be replaced by others more able. Either way, that would be the most authentically heroic.