[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Conservatives should heed Schumer’s words before they make similar mistakes. The GOP was not hired to shut down the government or impeach Obama. The GOP should focus on the thing they were hired to do: improve the economy to create jobs and raise wages.

. . . but there is a real issue of whether the GOP can do anything without “shutting down the government” - an expression which belongs squarely in scare quotes because in the real world OBAMA has the final word on that. It’s not that “it takes two to make an argument,” it takes two to make an agreement.

If Obama doesn’t choose to agree - viola!! There goes the GOP shutting down the government again! Just like back in the eighties when REAGAN “shut down the government” by not signing Democrat legislation.

In all cases the GOP is blamed by the grubercrats. And since journalists are all grubercrats . . .

[DugwayDuke]

“In all cases the GOP is blamed by the grubercrats. And since journalists are all grubercrats . . “

I fully agree that the media and most government spokesmen will attempt to blame the GOP for any shutdown. However, I believe it’s important that conservatives do not go around saying that they will shut the government down if they do not get their way.