Shutdown Countdown: Here We Go Again, Part 3

FOX's Gary B. Smith flat out says at this point that the Republicans should absolutely shut down the government over FEMA and disaster spending.

On Fox’s Bulls & Bears, Smith displayed total apathy when asked whether he was concerned over the government possibly shutting down over the battle for emergency FEMA funding.

“I really don’t see the downside in all of this,” Smith said. “The government has to learn at some point to pay the bills.” 

"Yeah, the only people who would be hurt by a government shutdown are working class Americans and the poor who rely on government programs, not Real Americans.  Besides, we'll just tell the schlubs that vote for us that it's all the Kenyan Usurper's fault, and they'll buy it.  We'll be heroes for sending the economy into a depression!  The voters will reward us!"

And sadly, that seems to be the entire Republican plan right now:  a twisted game of Good Cop, Bad Cop where millions of voters brag proudly about how badly they're being extorted because at least it's better than paying those evil schoolteachers and firefighters.

I'm not honestly sure we can avoid a shutdown this time.