Posted on 10/03/2013 2:36:27 AM PDT by markomalley
Despite York's snarking about this, the real value of this story is that we can see how the GOPe is trying to weasel out of the stand they accidentally took. Unless it is made VERY obvious to them that their political careers are OVER if they do, they will absolutely 100% fold.
The GOPe is getting cold feet. We need to keep the pressure on!!
Why the so-called conservative pundits/journalists are so down on hope is beyond my willingness to understand.
The Republicans should put together a CR that eliminates all waivers to ObamaCare and stick to it.
Yes, and the media reports are 100% blaming the Republicans for the shutdown. They actually say that Obama and Reid won't negotiate and then blame the Republicans for the standoff. This is cognitive dissonance, but they deliver the diatribes with straight faces.
Cognitive dissonance implies that the individual has the faculties for cognition in the first place.
Just sayin'
That’s strange, an article on The Hill has them saying the shutdown could last for weeks.
CALL THEIR LOCAL OFFICES!!! ENCOURAGE THEM!!
Byron York is a Quisling.
Why not follow the game plan outlined by Cruz? There is considerable precedent to send funding bills to the Senate piecemeal. I was furloughed in 1995, but my colleagues working for two different government agencies went to work. It was awful because we were not permitted to work for free; we had to stay home.
Piecemeal funding is a viable strategy because it puts the ball in the court of the Senate. Reid is already reacting hysterically; Obama, who always gets his way, is also unsettled. Why stop now?
Get funding for essential services and agencies over to the Senate. Explain to them that this is how it was done in 1995. That is how the congress operates, vs an Omnibus bill preferred by the Senate.
Explain to the Senate that the law says that spending bills originate in the House. Democrat Senators apparently do not do much reading.
He may be, but this is a measured article that actually acknowledges Democrat comments and actions that were so out-of-line as to be outright evil.
Thank you! I wish our Congressmen were as smart as FRiends !
And no, the Senate doesn’t read anything, they have to pass it before they can read it, like a fecal exam!
Wimp out alert.....the shutdown will be over by the weekend.
partisan media shills ping, thanks markomalley.
Divide and Conquer: Politico Cites Unnamed Republican Senator to Blast Cruz
Brietbart Big Journalism | October 2, 2013 | Ben Shapiro
Posted on 10/03/2013 12:49:55 AM PDT by Cincinatus’ Wife
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3074198/posts
York edited out the most important part of Reid’s comment.
“Why would we want to do that?” i.e. fund NIH which treats children with cancer.
With “friends” like Byron York, who needs enemies?
Funny: The Washington Examiner at the outset appeared to be genuinely conservative inside-the-Beltway media outlet, but it has now obviously gone over to the dark side and is no longer worth the mouse clicks required to read it. There is something in the water or the air inside the Beltway that turns (almost*) everyone into Progressive-loving zombies.
*Ted Cruz and Louie Gohmert seem to remain unaffected by this mysterious “substance,” however.
Boehner has to put on a show to pretend he’s fighting for us after Ted Cruz manned up for the fight last week, but couldn’t get any backup from the RINO’s in the Senate.
Cruz took the mantle of leadership last week and Boehner is trying to get it back and flailing badly with his usual wimpy RINO tactics.
A candidate (J.D Winteregg) has announced that he will be challenging Boehner in the Republican primary next year.
Boehner needs to tell Reid that when Reid & Obama are ready to reopen government, call him. Otherwise, Pubs have submitted all the CRs they intend to submit.
As the party of big government, the Rats are losing so much more than the Pubs with this shutdown. The shutdown gives us the smaller government we want, & highlights how well this country functions without all these nonessential bureaucrats. The vast majority of those furloughed are Liberals. Further down the line, we will learn of the billions SAVED during the shutdown.
For me, the government can remain in partial shutdown indefinitely - months if necessary to force Obama & Reid to negotiate.
Obama's PR gimmicks blew-up testerday, their standard trope "it's for the chillllldren" was stabbed to death by dingy harry, the Wall street "fat cats" called obamam on the carpet yesterday and have you checked out the MSM websites? Comments are running 80/20 against the kenyan.
I agree with your assessment. Also, we all need to be out on the MSM sites supporting our team! We can’t stay holed up on FR and expect someone else to help. Let’s do our part and fight the fight on the social networks!
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