Republican leader's hypocrisy with debt ceiling negotiations

Has the gross hypocrisy of the Republican leaders in Congress right now occurred to anyone else out here besides me? That they are the "political party of big business" but putting a gun to the nation's head, financially, by saying, figuratively, "If you don't give us EXACTLY what we want--as soon as we decide what that is--we'll shoot you in the head, America, by making you go into credit default" is obvious, irresponsible and nearly insane. These are the same people who raised heck, months ago, saying that business across America didn't know how to invest in the country's future because this president didn't settle our tax issues--which was patent nonsense--but now they do this and hold us all hostage? Adding to this insanity is that this has already hurt the nation's credit standing--thanks very much, guys--but if they do this and make us go into credit default, they'll also drag down the world's economies, nation by nation and collectively. Idiots. Idiots and hypocrites. This is no way to run a government. This is no way to run a nation.