Posted on 10/01/2013 10:45:25 AM PDT by tobyhill
President Barack Obama placed blame for a government shutdown squarely with the GOP on Tuesday, labeling the cessation in government business a "Republican shutdown" that threatens to damage the economy.
"This Republican shutdown did not have to happen. But I want every American to understand why it did happen," Obama said during remarks in the Rose Garden. "They've shut down the government over an ideological crusade to deny affordable health insurance to millions of Americans."
Obama emerged half a day after a shutdown took hold following Congress' failure to authorize spending to fund the federal government's day-to-day operations past Sept. 30, resulting in furloughs for hundreds of thousands of non-essential government employers.
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OMG, Obama said “crusade”. we’re not supposed to say that because the word crusade is offensive to Muslims. Tsk, tsk, Mr. President...............................
If they are “non-essential” why are they employed by the Government anyway?
FUBO...decent folks are taking this country back..inch by inch!
Rent-a-mobs mobilizing in 3, 2, 1 .....
As long as he keeps tying ObamaCare to the Democrat senate shut down, they lose.
That was perhaps the most pathetic news conference Obama has ever done..I thought the idiot was going to cry..at least he tried really hard to pretend like he was upset..he kisses the asses of dictators in Iran and Syria, but won’t sit down and reach a deal with Republicans..perhaps if Republicans would wear turbans and scream Allah Akbar Obama would be more willing to sit at the table
This all feels like war between the people and our government more and more....Obama is pushing the envelope and it will be to his hurt when all is said and done.
I heard part of his speech...same ol nonsense....full of lies and trying to appeal to peoples “feelings”.
No, he compared Republicans to “crusaders”
(lil’ shout out to al qaeda there).
Now not only are we bomb-throwing hostage-taking
terrorist rasists, we are also islamophobes
Barack Hussein Obama
Willing to negotiate with the Iranians but not with the Republicans.
You have that right!
I think Obama has way overstepped and is unleashing a public by his insistence he have his way in opposition to the people.
I’ll give him “Republican shutdown” if he gives us “Democrat debt.” It’s currently $148,205 per taxpayer and counting...
Note that it’s $53,534 per CITIZEN. So only about 1/3rd of the citizens are taxpayers these days.
That meme “won’t hunt” LOL!
http://blogs.rollcall.com/218/house-leaders-seize-on-ted-cruzs-idea-of-small-crs-for-each-agency/
“...A GOP aide confirmed that leaders want next steps to include passage of a series of continuing resolutions that fund individual government programs — an idea floated by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Monday.”
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Amazingly good, “unexpected” news.
SO..... I guess NBC is an ‘essential’ segment of the government.
R’s accept blame too easily
It’s a categorization which is unfortunately demeaning
Not everyone’s job is assessed to affect critical health and human safety
“Excepted employees include employees who are performing emergency work involving the safety of human life or the protection of property or performing certain other types of excepted work”.
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