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Obama Issues Government Shutdown Threat
FoxNews ^ | Published February 16, 2011 | FoxNews.com | Chris Stirewalt

Posted on 02/16/2011 3:20:45 PM PST by TSgt

Anatomy of a Government Shutdown

“Of course a shutdown is possible because that's what the Republicans are threatening us with on national TV, Meet the Press or one of those dandies or whatever the show was. The Republican leader was asked, and I'm paraphrasing, 'is there going to be a government shutdown?' and he wouldn't respond to the question. So, this isn't Schumer or Reid or Hoyer. Of course it's a possibility. That's what we're trying to avoid."

-- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid talking to reporters about House Speaker John Boehner

President Obama warned of stopped Social Security checks and issued a formal veto threat Tuesday to the Republican spending plan currently being debated in the House, setting the stage for a potential government shutdown next month.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fubo; hussein; insane; jimmyquaeda2; justeffingdoit; obama; obamagovshutdown
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To: TSgt

Bring it Puppet Spammer! AND it goes both ways folks.....demand that NO FED. DEDUCTIONS be taken from your checks...demand NO FED GASOLINE TAX from the stations, April 15th? , NO $ for the building of the illegal ruled unconstitutional H.C. Gestapo......


61 posted on 02/16/2011 4:31:11 PM PST by Varsity Flight
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To: TSgt

In the event of a government shutdown, Republicans should, the day after, unveil a clock along the lines of the national debt clock.

“Today it is 9 days since the government shutdown, and we have saved $100,000,000 in that time” and so forth.

Make it flashy and camera friendly, and let the public get an idea of how much our government spends on a daily basis. Perhaps they’ll look around and see that not much has changed, and wonder where and why that money is being spent AT ALL.


62 posted on 02/16/2011 4:32:03 PM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: jacquej
"Does the -resident actually have the power to stop Social Security checks?" "Will he stop all welfare, unemployment, SDI checks, gub’mint pension checks too?"

"Who knew he had such powers?

He doesn't but MEchelle MaBell seems to have lots of power. She can even get the IRS to give Breast Pump deductions.

63 posted on 02/16/2011 4:32:56 PM PST by Spunky (Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Oh, go ahead. Shut it down for two years. The American people will learn how wonderful life can be without it.


64 posted on 02/16/2011 4:33:01 PM PST by TheOldLady ("20 Years Ago Desert Storm began...where were you...?" "I believe I was hitting it." - Lazamataz)
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To: TSgt
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65 posted on 02/16/2011 4:35:51 PM PST by kara2008
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To: altura

L O L !!!

I have friends who will join you - count on it!


66 posted on 02/16/2011 4:38:18 PM PST by USARightSide (At last! I'm actually here, after reading FR for 6 years! Pardon any fumbles - -)
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To: Varsity Flight

Bring it Puppet Spammer!

AND it goes both ways folks.....The govt. is shut down..demand that NO FED. DEDUCTIONS be taken from your checks for the govt. is closed...demand NO FED GASOLINE TAX from the stations, for the govt. is closed, April 15th?? the govt. is closed, NO $ for the building of the illegal ruled unconstitutional H.C. Gestapo for the govt. is closed, closed, closed......


67 posted on 02/16/2011 4:45:33 PM PST by Varsity Flight
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To: Spunky

Heck, I breastfed all my chilluns back before those thingies were invented. I got get a good 4 ounce bottle in 4 minutes.

What about giving moms a nice tax deduction for staying home to care for their babies, like let hubbie keep everything he makes, as long as she is working full time to raise the babies?


68 posted on 02/16/2011 4:46:18 PM PST by jacquej
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To: CommieCutter

...you got a guidebook to understand this crap?


69 posted on 02/16/2011 4:46:22 PM PST by Shamrock-DW
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To: griswold3
With all the presstitutes hell bent on making Obama a ‘success’, the issue will be framed in Obama’s favor, or course

yeah, but I don't think Obie can sell it like BC did.

70 posted on 02/16/2011 4:47:59 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (I am proclaiming 2011 as the year of ME!)
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To: TSgt

Shut it down, asap! The last government shutdown should still be ongoing, today, IMHO!


71 posted on 02/16/2011 4:51:52 PM PST by johnthebaptistmoore (If leftist legislation that's already in place really can't be ended by non-leftists, then what?)
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To: TSgt
...the Republicans are threatening us with on national TV, Meet the Press or one of those dandies or whatever the show was. The Republican leader was asked, and I'm paraphrasing, 'is there going to be a government shutdown?' and he wouldn't respond to the question.

I can't even articulate my level of disgust with this jack-hole. It claims thate Rs are threating but when asked the Rs did not answer the question. But this ignorant morons logic, he and Gibby were threatening us everytime they do not answer a question.

72 posted on 02/16/2011 4:52:10 PM PST by Drill Thrawl (I direct my vile hate speach and eliminationist rhetoric at this joke of a government.)
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To: TSgt

Shut it down, borrowing money is not the meaning of a budget..


73 posted on 02/16/2011 4:54:09 PM PST by aces
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To: TSgt; warsaw44; ColdOne; Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!; GQuagmire; wintertime; Fred Nerks; ...

The resident of thewhite hut wants to shut down government?

Sounds good to me, as long as the military still is on duty, shut the whole thing down.

I wouuld applaud it highly. Like many Americans, I do not see this government following the will of the people. Shut it down for good , I would applaud that too!

We can start all over from scratch,using our Constitution instead of a “living document.”

I am all for it. It is the first time I have agreed with the resident in the white hut about anything.


74 posted on 02/16/2011 4:55:13 PM PST by Candor7 (Obama . fascist info..http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: Radix

Don’t count on it. Every time I get set and ready to go to the wall for what is right (the Delta vs. the Pilots Union, the first government shut down, etc., the supposed good guys back down and it turns out both sides are bad). I am all for government shutdown until the budget is truly balanced and the federal government is no longer committing those of us who don’t want their chains (debt) strapped to us and our children, but I will only believe it when I see it.

I expect failure from the Republicans, but I do hope for character and a glimmer of our nation’s founders.


75 posted on 02/16/2011 5:00:58 PM PST by FreeAtlanta (Obama and the left are making a mockery of our country.)
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To: TSgt

Save my seat for me, this should be interesting.


76 posted on 02/16/2011 5:06:28 PM PST by Biggirl ("The Best Of Times, The Worse Of Times", Charles Dickens)
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To: TSgt
Obama Issues Government Shutdown Threat

That sounds more like a campaign promise to me.

77 posted on 02/16/2011 5:11:57 PM PST by Jim W N
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To: Bean Counter

Grinnin’ like a jackass eatin’ briers for sho’!


78 posted on 02/16/2011 5:15:30 PM PST by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a liberal is like teaching algebra to a tomcat.)
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To: TSgt

Oh please, Br’er Fox, please don’ throw me in dat dere briar patch!


79 posted on 02/16/2011 5:16:54 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Walrus
um... I am not sure what alternate reality you live in because in the one I live in the Republican congress got all the blame and lost big time in the next election.

That being said, I think the circumstances are completely different this time and a shutdown would work in our favor.

80 posted on 02/16/2011 5:22:04 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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