Jag kan inte undanhålla mina läsare, Paul Krugmans (New York Times) korta kommentar på nätet denna afton, med anledning av representanthuset nej till Bushs fallskärmsförslag.
So what we now have is non-functional government in the face of a major crisis, because Congress includes a quorum of crazies and nobody trusts the White House an inch. As a friend said last night, we’ve become a banana republic with nukes.
Och rubriken ännu mer sarkastisk ”OK, we are a banan republic”.
