It’s the Democrats, not the Republicans who used the threat of a government shutdown. I listened very carefully to the “debate” Friday and this was the universal Democrat message: “If you defy us, the government will be shut down and we will do everything we can to blame you.”
And was the threat effective? You bet. Weak-kneed Republicans went soft faster than graham crackers in warm milk.
It’s the Democrats, not the Republicans who used the threat of a government shutdown. I listened very carefully to the “debate” Friday and this was the universal Democrat message: “If you defy us, the government will be shut down and we will do everything we can to blame you.” And was the threat effective? You bet. Weak-kneed Republicans went soft faster than graham crackers in warm milk.
Obama to Republicans: 'I will not negotiate'
The president used his weekly address to the American people to demand that Congress meet its two responsibilities: “pass a budget on time and pay our bills on time.” Despite Republican attempts to defund his signature healthcare reform law, the president promised that the next phase of the law will kick in on October 1 “no matter what.”
“I will work with anyone who wants to have a serious conversation about our economic future,” Obama said. “But I will not negotiate over Congress’ responsibility to pay the bills it has already racked up. I don’t know how to be more clear about this: no one gets to threaten the full faith and credit of the United States of America just to extract ideological concessions.”.................
The heart of the matter:
"“If you defy us, the government will be shut down and we will do everything we can to blame you.”
It is really an ethical matter. The DemonRATs are using lies and deception. They are trying to use the same playbook they used against Newt Gingrich back in 1995/96 when they shut down the government for 28 days. In that day the compromise--a balanced budget over seven years, tax cuts, and changes in mandatory spending programs such as Medicare--worked to Clinton's advantage.
In this case, Obama wants no compromise. The playbook has a script change. And, as Boehner, who was the No. 4 Republican in the House leadership during the Clinton shutdown should know, Obama is vulnerable. America knows that Obamacare is wrong. It is actually a question of right vs wrong. A shutdown in this case will be on Obama; not the Republicans. The Republicans have Constitutional mandate to put what is judicious in the budget.
Obama is sounding like the cry babe he is. The Republicans are the Ground Control. They are saying that the budget with Obamacare is a plane that won't fly. As much as Obama from the cockpit will cry, "Get this plane off the ground!", he is sounding more and more like a cry baby. Ground Control must take the bad part out. That plane won't fly.
