Taking his hypocrisy to a new extreme, Obama, with the full throated support of media, declares that any Republican who balks at raising the debt ceiling is keen on bankrupting America.

◼ America is headed for disaster. We have lost our way and are engaged in self-delusion on a massive scale. - Larry Johnson/No Quarter

...These are just four recent items that reveal a willingness on the part of our political class to ignore hypocrisy and pretend that a pile of fetid feces is really a tasty bowl of chocolate pudding. But you can’t, no matter how hard you try, shine shit. All you end up doing is smearing it around.

We cannot continue such delusional policies without endangering our nation’s security and economic stability.