Fair enough to hold the dems in contempt, but in doing so you give red team an undeserved pass.

The sympathy you show the republicans for 'shutdown the government' is not matched by the hatred you show to the democrats for saying "hey that's abusive".

You are basically apologizing for red teams abusive behavior.

And if the dems were holding the governement hostage over the Iraq invasion or something, I doubt you would demand red team bend.