This is too good… :)  Department of self-defeating arguments  By
Steve Benen  Congressional Republicans are still quite outraged
by President Obama’s recess appointments last week, and plan to
take up a resolution criticizing the move — just as soon as they
return from recess.    Jonathan Bernstein called this the “best
self-refuting argument ever,” adding, “(W)e’re to believe that
it’s outrageous for the president to call what’s happening now a
recess, and the House intends to take it up as soon as they get
back into town after recessing for the holiday.”  Exactly. The
president decided lawmakers had left town for a congressional
recess. Lawmakers effectively endorsed the line when they said
the White House couldn’t submit a request for a debt-ceiling
increase while they were on a congressional recess.   I’d
encourage Republicans to think this one through a little more,
but I’m not sure they’d understand the problem even if they
pondered the contradiction.  - more -  Leave a comment  Filed
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