GOP Leaders Breach Oath of Office
The GOP rhetoric is pernicious. It advocates the financial destruction of the United States. It is arrogant and ignorant because it is based solely on emotional appeals as the dominant factor of GOP/teaparty cheerleading. It reminds me of the Miller Light ads “Tastes Great/Less Filling,” except those ads were not dangerous. What the Republicans are advocating is.
House Representatives Eric Cantor and Michele Bachmann suffer delusions of grandeur brought on by having to believe their own nonsense. Cantor seems to believe that he will succeed John Boehner as Speaker of the House. 
Bachmann seems to believe that she will succeed Barack Obama as President of the United States. They advocate that the United States should default on its worldwide obligations. That alone should be sufficient to disqualify them from achieving higher office. In fact it should qualify them for recall if not impeachment.
The financial destruction of the nation that these Republicans seek is beyond what any terrorist could hope to achieve.
It is a very serious statement. I do not make it lightly, either. The consequence of not raising the debt ceiling is default on obligations the US has in the world market. Look at Bachmann's website that says," It's time to force our elected officials to stop spending cold turkey." The fact is that such a plan cannot be done. Even her most ardent of supporters Bill Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard, says it’s “irresponsible.” He is being understandably kind and wrong. It’s not irresponsible, it’s negligent and dangerous.
Keep in mind that she has also claimed that the Founding Fathers “worked tirelessly” to end slavery, but facts don’t interest her. That conjecture is false.
Politicizing a function of government to make a headline is something the GOP/teaparty regularly does with flagrant disregard for consequences. It is not alright. It is bad for business and bad for the country. If that is a "negotiating tactic," it is a treacherous one.
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