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Spending is untouchable because calling a politician weak on defense in the 2000 season is the equivalent of calling them soft on communism in the 1950s. defense spending is untouchable because civilian lawmakers defer so deeply to the military, and to the former military officers laced through the contractor world, that if you squint, you would swear congress is a lack ee puppet in a country where the government was taken over by a hunta. defense spending since the mammoth defense spending of the reagan years has been unquestionable in america. but not in the case of war in libya. republican ...

Making that the new normal. but now this week, the republican effort to stop anything from happening, to grind the legislature of the united states of america to a halt, it's gotten a makeover. a seasonal twist, if you will. >> it is impossible to do all of the things that the majority leader laid out, without doing, frankly, without disrespecting the institution, and without disrespecting one of the two holiest of holidays for christians. >> this is the new line. getting stuff right now, getting stuff done right now would be disrespectful to christians, because you know how holy december 15th...

Them filibustering every single major bill in the senate. every one. making that the new normal. but now this week, the republican effort to stop anything from happening, to grind the legislature of the united states of america to a halt, it's gotten a makeover. a seasonal twist, if you will. >> it is impossible to do all of the things that the majority leader laid out without doing, frankly, without disrespecting the institution, and without disrespecting one of the two holiest of holidays for christians. >> this is the new line. getting stuff right now, getting stuff done right now would be ...