Republicans may be working hard to turn domestic public opinion to
their side, but foreign media places the blame squarely on GOP
extremists. Below is a sample of how the world is struggling to make
sense of the ongoing shutdown:
“Paralysis” A Le Monde article on Friday wondered
if American democracy even works, calling out the Tea Party for
blackmail and urging the government to hold firm. “In a democracy,
people abolish laws by winning the election, not with the threat of a
government shutdown or even a default. It is impossible to govern
seriously undergoing this type of blackmail,” writes Martin Wolf.
“Suicidal madness” Spain’s El Pais seems astounded that Republicans are still not responding to pressure, calling the shutdown “suicidal madness.”
“Deaf to the warnings about the looming economic catastrophe and
indifferent to the polls that blame for this crisis, the GOP insists it
will not let Congress give the government a dollar more if Barack Obama
does not back down on health care reform,” Antonio Cana writes. Even
with the Treasury Department’s warning that the dollar could collapse
and interest rates could
skyrocket if the shutdown fight rolls into the debt ceiling fight, Cana
reports, “None of this has created a huge impact among Republicans,
whose calculation are political, not economic.”
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