Shutdown Debate Even More Cynical, Insidious and Ridiculous than Previously Stated Below

The reality of this government shutdown thing is, it's not about Paul Ryan's phantasmal 2012 budget, it's about whether the wingnuts will get their wish to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood. That's the hitch. Period. End of story. Full stop.

Remember when the conventional wisdom was that the teabaggers were a different kind of conservative, more concerned with tax cuts and spending than social issues? Erm...not so much.