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US Federal Government Shutdown | Shutdown Shutdown, Debt Ceiling Raised

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ThreePiMatt said:
And dems get to pound the republicans for wasting two weeks, billions of dollars, and causing panic in the markets for doing what they should have done in the first place.
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yeah im sure their laser focused pr will hone right in on that strategy and it will effectively work as theyre so amazing at messaging
 
Plinko said:
Wait--I thought the Tea Party was all about cutting spending, not wasting money. Surely this cannot be.
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Well the Tea Party doesn't want to pay furloughed employees. If they had their way they would have saved money.... Because we don't need government right... right?
 
They decided to play political chicken. Trouble was, Obama wasn't going to move and nor should he. Disgraceful tactics by the republicans.
 
SteveWinwood said:
yeah im sure their laser focused pr will hone right in on that strategy and it will effectively work as theyre so amazing
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They need to go on the attack. As soon as Obama signs everything he needs to give the GOP a serious dressing down for wasting people's time and money for the sake of politics.
 
pulsemyne said:
They decided to plan political chicken.
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I also demand that someone make a gif from an episode of knightrider where KITT and KARR have a game of chicken. KITT will be the democrates with Obama as Micheal Knight and the republicans will be KARR (who has no one at the wheel). KARR flies of the cliff and explodes. Do it gaf!
 
pulsemyne said:
They decided to plan political chicken. Trouble was, Obama wasn't going to move and nor should he. Disgraceful tactics by the republicans.
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Boehner gets embarassed, his vulernable-to-the-right-flank members stay protected, and the entire situation is more or less resolved with moderate damage. This is basically business as usual for the House of Representatives.

I do think that voters in the middle will not be less fond of this latest round of theater than they were previous cases of the above behavior, but it will only really matter at the pools if there isn't a strong driving force elsewhere.

What's in the senate bill that the republications have "won"?
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pretty sure any claims to this is just basically the 2013 version of "great news for john mccain"
 
They deserve all the scorn and shame in this. What a disaster.
I've got to hope that most of the incumbents will be looking for work when election time comes. Some of these people have spent too much time in the D.C. World and need to get out of the political process.
 
ApparentlY the GOP is getting plans together to impeach the President regardless of the outcome.
Good luck with that!
 
Patryn said:
Senate Bill funds government through Jan. 7, I believe. It was the House bill the only funded through December 10.

So the fun'll happen right after Christmas.
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I think it's Jan 15th, but this doesn't even make sense from a GOP perspective anyway.

The more this comes up, the more it's going to be ingrained into the public how tyrannical they can be and 2014 is an election year.
 
This is Gingrich all over again for Boner, except more LOL worthy.

Hopefully, the GOP will pay for this this Election Day.
 
Is what Boehner and the House GOP are doing technically sedition?

18 U.S.C. § 2384 : US Code - Section 2384: Seditious conspiracy

If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to
overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the
United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force
the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the
execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize,
take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the
authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
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http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/18/I/115/2384
 
Well.....What a humiliating 2 weeks this has been for the GOP. Honestly and truly, if this fiasco isn't present front and centre in everyone's minds come election time, there is no hope for America. The Tea Party have played their lunatic hand and it has cost the GOP dearly.

This is a great day for Centre Leftists everywhere.
 
Riki said:
ApparentlY the GOP is getting plans together to impeach the President regardless of the outcome.
Good luck with that!
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Doing that would, again, play right into Democrats' hands, because the Senate would be the ones who would have to convict, and as long as the Democrats control it, that'll never happen.

If they did so, all the GOP would do is continue to alienate moderates.
 
Patryn said:
Doing that would, again, play right into Democrats' hands, because the Senate would be the ones who would have to convict, and as long as the Democrats control it, that'll never happen.

If they did so, all the GOP would do is continue to alienate moderates.
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They'll wait for after the 2014 midterms, when they'll certainly have a commanding majority in both the House and Senate.
At least, that's what they're delusional minds expect.
 
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