Thanks for the reply.  What I am hearing you say is that your rationale for advocating in favor of  the obstructionism which you condemn as 'treasonous' is a combination of  "because they did it first" and "we'll show them - - let's give them a taste of their own medicine".  The first one seems like a terrible reason to me, with little support in Catholic thought.  As for the second, while surely we are told to be 'as wise as serpents' in certain contexts, would not the country suffer both through bad example and perhaps the governmental paralysis you condemned in your initial post?  It seems to me there would be more prudent courses that  could get the same point across.