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Cornyn opposes government shutdown over defunding Obamacare (Texas)
Austin American-Statesman ^ | 09/20/2013 | Jonathan Tilove

Posted on 09/23/2013 2:03:45 AM PDT by TexGrill

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1 posted on 09/23/2013 2:03:46 AM PDT by TexGrill
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To: TexGrill
It’s like burning down the house to get rid of the mice or rats

(Metaphorically) Burning down that house to get rid of rats like Cornyn would be a worthwhile exercise.

2 posted on 09/23/2013 2:06:14 AM PDT by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: TexGrill

I don’t think the Senator understands the threat to the republic posed by Obamacare.

And the idea that shutting down non-essential services for a brief period until Democrats thirst for the funds their allies receive from the public treasury overcomes them would amount to “burning down the house,” is specious.


3 posted on 09/23/2013 2:08:51 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (The GOP establishment is like a dodo bird: Not too bright and on its way to extinction.)
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To: TexGrill

No one but Reid and Obama have said they would shut down the government over this issue.

John Cornyn is a moron.


4 posted on 09/23/2013 2:09:26 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: TexGrill

Texans need to make their senior senator understand, pronto.


5 posted on 09/23/2013 2:09:53 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (The GOP establishment is like a dodo bird: Not too bright and on its way to extinction.)
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“I don’t think very many think that a government shutdown is in the best interests of the economy

He thinks the economy needs the government, he should not be a Senator.

6 posted on 09/23/2013 2:10:39 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: TexGrill

I didn’t see a quote in that blurb from Cornyn where he mentioned Obamacare.

Cruz isn’t advocating a government shut down, is he? Nope. And neither is the House. The House, as a matter of fact, is FUNDING the government fully with the one exception of the much-hated-by-most-Americans Obama’s Death Panel Law.

The ones advocating the shutdown are the Demon Rats.


7 posted on 09/23/2013 2:12:02 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: TexGrill
“I don’t think very many think that a government shutdown is in the best interests of the economy and will actually accomplish the goal that’s set out,” said Cornyn.

In other words, I am willing to accept anything and everything the Democrats want.

8 posted on 09/23/2013 2:15:04 AM PDT by Hoodat (BENGHAZI - 4 KILLED, 2 MIA)
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Cornie, shut yer pie hole!
That cowflop you’re peddling isn’t worth the stink it’s printed on!
At this point, shutting the beast down would minimize the injury that idiots like you cause us!


9 posted on 09/23/2013 2:18:54 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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Not only is he wrong but his reasoning shows that he is unqualified to hold his position.


10 posted on 09/23/2013 2:19:43 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: GeronL

Exactly.


11 posted on 09/23/2013 2:22:32 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: TexGrill

Shut it down with NO RETROACTIVE PAY!!!


12 posted on 09/23/2013 2:25:11 AM PDT by dalereed
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To: TexGrill

OK, we need to send this guy home and elect a new Senator. If he really believes that the economy requires non-essential government drones to be at their desk to function, then he is an even bigger ignoramus than I imagined.


13 posted on 09/23/2013 2:27:21 AM PDT by GeronL
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It’s like burning down the house to get rid of the mice or rats”

Doesn't he mean "burning down the House and Senate"?

14 posted on 09/23/2013 2:29:45 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: TexGrill

Fine. Cruz has stated he will send piecemeal budgets one by one to the Senate. Take it or leave it.

He starts with the military.

Harry Reid & Co. can get bent.


15 posted on 09/23/2013 2:32:13 AM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/ ?s)
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To: Fresh Wind

The man thinks the economy needs non-essential government drones to be at their desk or it will crash.

After we absorb that, why is anything he says or thinks worth debating?


16 posted on 09/23/2013 2:32:57 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: eyedigress

Cruz is in the Senate, how does he send things to the Senate?


17 posted on 09/23/2013 2:33:41 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: TexGrill
“I don’t think very many think that a government shutdown is in the best interests of the economy...

Another day older and deeper in debt.

Considering how much government spends that we don't have, on a daily basis, every day they aren't pi$$ing away a little more of my great grandkids' future is a blessing.

18 posted on 09/23/2013 2:40:56 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: GeronL

My bad. He is working with the house to proffer a plan to shut down obamacare. One by one the various departments will get funding as passed by the Senate from the House.

If Harry Reid chooses to not fund the departments one by one, he will be the villain. Obamacare is last on the list.

Watch Obama and Socialists squirm.


19 posted on 09/23/2013 2:44:46 AM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/ ?s)
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To: TexGrill

Is he changing his first name to Lindsey?


20 posted on 09/23/2013 3:10:48 AM PDT by Rocky (Obama is pure evil.)
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