Day: September 26, 2013

The Complete Guide To The GOP’s Three-Year Campaign To Shut Down The Government | ThinkProgress

I know that I do not agree with many of my conserv friends but we have to admit that we have had a crappy three years, at least when it comes to doing actual governing……and now we have the threat of the government being shut down, which by the way if it does Congress still gets paid while so many other government employees are sent home…..why is that?

The Complete Guide To The GOP’s Three-Year Campaign To Shut Down The Government | ThinkProgress.

GOP Faces Reality

Holy Crap!  I cannot believe it….but it seems the more rational Repubs are finally facing reality……

  • GOP Sen. John McCain (AZ): “I can tell you that in the U.S. Senate, we will not repeal or defund Obamacare. We will not. And to think we can is not rational.”
  • GOP Strategist Karl Rove: The GOP defunding strategy is “self-defeating…It is an ill-conceived tactic, and Republicans should reject it.”
  • Fox News Host Bill O’Reilly: Defunding Obamacare is “fanaticism on the right,” O’Reilly says. “There’s no way Obamacare is going to be defunded. It’s not gonna happen.”
  • GOP Sen. Tom Coburn (OK): “Tactics and strategies ought to be based on what the real world is, and we do not have the political power to do this.”
  • GOP Sen. Rand Paul (KY): “I’m acknowledging we can’t probably defeat or get rid of Obamacare.”
  • GOP Sen. Kelly Ayotte (NH): “I don’t believe they should shut down the government to [defund Obamacare], and I don’t think that is a strategy that is good for America.”
  • GOP Sen. Johnny Isakson (GA): “It’s total atrophy. We’re earning our 11 percent popularity. It’s easier to talk about Obamacare than the major sources of our problems.”
  • Wall Street Journal Editorial Board: “Kamikaze missions rarely turn out well, least of all for the pilots… The kamikazes could end up ensuring the return of all-Democratic rule.”

Now we will wait and see just much they plan to act on their new found reality…..