Leftist writer: "Obama shouldn't negotiate on the debt ceiling ever again!"

The leftist rag Slate recently posted the following:

Getting sucked into a negotiation over raising the debt ceiling back in 2011 is one of the biggest mistakes the Obama administration ever made. It's one they avoided repeating the second time around and should never try to repeat again.

This seems to me to fairly summarize Democrat policy:  "We don't need to negotiate about raising the debt limit, because we own the White House and the senate.  So we can spend as much as we like and there's not a thing you wing-nut conservatives can do about it!"

If you think that's a bit over the top, consider the implications of the phrase "Getting sucked into a negotiation..."  The author implies that no negotiation was necessary--which implies that the so-called "debt limit" is inconsequential.  And indeed, the author follows by urging that Obama should never again negotiate over that ceiling.   

This strikes me as tantamount to saying that laws mean nothing when they would restrict a Democrat president from doing something he wants to do.  Oh, wait...we've seen numerous examples of that already:  Illegally selling guns to Mexican drug cartels; bombing Libya in violation of the War Powers Act; ordering immigration officers not to deport most illegal aliens (again, a violation of law); and unilaterally striking down provisions of his own signature Obamacare that would have kicked in before the crucial 2014 election.

If Democrats think the debt ceiling should be eliminated, let the president draw up a bill eliminating it, have his party comrades in congress submit it and then work to try to pass it.

If they're so powerful, why not do that?  Oh, that's right:  There's still one branch of congress they don't conrol--at least not yet.  But give it time, eh?  The more people who lose their jobs and go on unemployment and food stamps, the more Democrat voters.  It's just a matter of time before they regain control of the House.

Then there won't be any limits, just as when they controlled all three branches for the first two years of Obozo's first term.  They can repeal the debt ceiling, followed by the law of gravity and the law of supply and demand.  Because srsly, who believes those silly things are really "laws" anyway?  Just cuz some rayciss ol' white dudes back in the 1600s said 'em don't mean nuffin.

Ever read about some high-school student who is utterly convinced he can make a fortune testing video games?  Or about college students who are utterly convinced that if the U.S. would just scrap its armed forces, our opponents would do the same and war would never again occur?  Democrats, all.

I can't decide whether the Democrats' real slogan is "Reality doesn't matter," or "Reality is what we say it is."

When your fundamental principle is denying reality, does anyone think it's likely to have a good outcome?

And finally, the Slate writer's revealing summary:

Back in 2011, in an act of hubris and weakness, the administration decided that debt ceiling negotiations might be a good backdoor way to entrap both mainstream conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats into a "grand bargain" on long-term fiscal policy. We got no bargain, just a panic. It can't happen again.

So let's review:  He admits that negotiations were "a good backdoor way to entrap" both Republicans and liberal Democrats into concessions on spending, and then complains that it didn't work out so well?  Gee, think that may be a hint that "entrapment" is a lousy governing philosophy (at least for rational adults)?

Nah, he'll never make the connection.  While there are surely lots of honest, earnest Democrats, every one of the Dem leadership seems to operate on the principles of:  Deny reality, entrap or blackmail your opponents where possible, lie without qualm or consequence, even under oath, and blame Bush when nothing works out.   And with the cover of the mainstream media, they keep getting away with it.