https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2013/09/27/tom-harkin-this-defund-effort-is-as-dangerous-as-the-break-up-before-the-civil-war-or-something/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 10:01:22 -0400<![CDATA[At least he&#8217;s creative. The typical answer to this week&#8217;s Democratic mad libs that &#8220;Tea partiers are like __________&#8221; is &#8220;terrorists.&#8221; Dan Pfeiffer used that metaphor yesterday and Al Gore, ever predictable, used it this morning. (The left, meanwhile, is a group of baby ducklings and fuzzy panda cubs.) I have no outrage left to muster over Democrats&#8217; insane hypocrisy on civility, but let me make one request: If we&#8217;re going to smear Cruz and his backers as suicide bombers and lawless insurrectionists, could Obama at least make a pretense of faithfully carrying out the law himself? The &#8220;anarchy&#8221; charge sounds tinny when the guy floating it has decided he can choose which parts of ObamaCare he will and won&#8217;t enforce based on what&#8217;s best for his party politically.]]>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:41:37 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2013/09/27/tom-harkin-this-defund-effort-is-as-dangerous-as-the-break-up-before-the-civil-war-or-something-n209925