Despite Public Disinterest, Dems Continue Apocalyptic Sequester Warnings
Cats and dogs living together!
The public has largely tuned out the Democrats' repeated warnings about mid-air plane crashes, troop deaths and mass illness from tainted meat if the sequester cuts stay in place.
But Democrats aren't dropping the threat of disaster, seizing now on the line they think can beat the Republicans: law and order.
Prison riots, cocaine flooding the streets, terrorists on board airplanes — even hurricanes and tornadoes left undetected by budget-slashed agencies — have moved front and center as Democrats try to get the public behind blaming the Republicans.
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What about cats sleeping with dogs?
Babies having babies?
I would laugh, but the administration will probably make sure all of these things do happen as long as they think Republicans will take the fall for it. They've already warned the USDA against making an cuts that would contradict the official version of what the sequester consequences are going to be.
If the Democrats can get the public to think that it was the Republicans behind a spending cut, then that would be the best thing to happen to the Republican Party in a very long time.
Information-free voter: "Whoa! The Republicans actually managed to cut something? I'm voting for them next time!"