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Shutdown Cathy, GOP In Denial

There it was in stark relief: House Republicans, including Shutdown Cathy, calling a press conference to protest the shutting down of an essential, life-or-death government service. Some of them put on lab coats. The Washington press corps attended and took notes. Shutdown Cathy intoned about the crucial importance of the work done by the National Institutes of Health – vital, life-saving work that had tragically come to a halt for some reason that these lab-coated, research-loving Republicans just could not understand. “Whether it’s pediatric cancer research, diabetes, so many other cures and treatments that are being developed – we don’t want to put them on hold,” said our own Cathy McMorris Rodgers last Thursday, according to the Washington Post. “We want America to continue to be the leader.” If only there was something they could do about this. If only they had it within their grasp to do something – anything – about the shutdown that they themselves had … planned and … Oh, right. Never mind/ Shawn Vestal , SR. More here.

Question: Am I the only one who sees a parallel to the House GOP and local individuals who oppose seemingly all the grand projects that are transforming Coeur d’Alene?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog