Reply #7: It doesn't sound arrogant at all

[Blaukraut]

The teabaggers knew damn well what they were voting for, but the independents (aka low information voters) did not. They did their usual foot stomping instant gratification yearning thing.
This budget is terrible, and what is even more terrible, is the fact that President Obama actually tried to put lipstick on the pig last night by touting the biggest cuts in history.

Like you guys, I'm disgusted with the current climate and the Dems being extorted by criminals who call themselves Republicans. And I have little hope that the next budget fight or the debt ceiling fight will go any differently. There is a pattern of capitulation on the Dems' and Obama's part that the other side knows how to take advantage of. I see no evidence of that pattern changing anytime soon.

Honestly, I think the US system of Government that only allows two viable parties is deeply flawed. There are no checks and balances that naturally arise from coalition governments, especially if one party is taken over by extremists, as is the case with the Republicans.