A 5th generation Oregon farmer, radio talk show host and retired legislator’s view of the world.
It is pretty simple really. They have no cojones!
Today I woke up in a foul mood as the rain has returned to western Oregon, (hurting yields of my ready to harvest grass seed crop laying on the ground) in addition to nearly universal analysis that Congressional Republicans had lost the debt limit debate.
I asked myself why they lost. Well, after thinking about and getting increasingly frustrated because of my conclusions, I decided I had had enough and had to say something. So, I went on the air today and on this blog to let loose at the Republican leaders who lost this PR battle.
Now before you ruling class types dismiss me as just another uniformed tea party type, I fully understand the situation in Congress. I served 8 years in the Oregon House of Representatives enduring Rinos, divided Senate and Democrat Governors grappling with the 9/11 recession and it’s aftermath. I get the seriousness of the debt limit issue and the necessity to find compromise.
