Quote:Apparently you didn't understand my statement. Of course the Pubs talk the talk. They even will take action if they know it won't matter. They only held votes to repeal Obamacare when they knew the Senate wouldn't pass it. They stopped that once they gained control of the Senate.


 

Harry Reid was the one who 'shut down the government.' * The House sent him several bills that funded government and he refused to even let them be voted on in the Senate. I suppose you're going to claim the Pubs were responsible because they knew it wouldn't pass. I'd counter that Reid shut down government because he knew the Pubs would soon fold up like a cheap tent.


 

Some Pubs are 'threatening' to defund PP. As usual, it is just pretend opposition. When push comes to shove they'll fold again. Even now Boehner is stating that it would be a mistake to defund PP because it wouldn't pass a filibuster. Funny how the Dems, now a minority in both houses, still get their way. It's almost as if the supposed opposition party was just a sham. Funny how that works, huh?


 

 

 

*The scare quotes are because the government is never actually shut down. Only the 0.0001% of government that is deemed non-essential is shut down. OK, hyperbole, but none of the so-called entitlements stopped, and those alone are 45-66% of federal spending, depending on who you believe. The military, another large percentage of the budget, was still funded, and there were plenty of other parts of government deemed essential. Even the bureaucrats in the few non-essential jobs still got paid for the time they were shut down. No one was affected unless they had a trip to a national park during those two weeks. And the House passed a bill continuing the parks funding, but Reid didn't allow that to come up for a vote either.

Yes that is exactly what I am saying. In addition how much money did the party of fiscal responsibility waste in empty gestures? Empty gestures the base eats up. It's ok to waste a ton of money and time that could have been spent actually legislating if they were not wasting time pandering? Nah you guys were perfectly fine with those 40+ attempts to the impossible. 

 

What's funny is if you do a google search for who was responsible for government shutdown. One result on the front page is for blaming dems. I am sure you would disagree. Most people disagree with you. 

 

Maybe the "opposition party" isn't living up to your expectations because even though you voted for them they don't really care about you?

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