Posted on 10/05/2013 7:06:28 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
In light of a New York Times article published Saturday that described an “epic battle” raging within the Republican Party, MSNBC’s Craig Melvin invited tea party congressman Joe Barton (R-TX) on his show and began by asking one question: “Who’s calling the shots, is it Speaker Boehner or Texas Senator Ted Cruz?”
Barton began by denying that any major divide exists in the GOP between the tea party faction and the establishment. As for Cruz, Barton assured Melvin, “He is not calling the shots.” Instead, he said President Obama’s “calling the shots” in the House of Representatives “by refusing the negotiate.” He added, “He’ll negotiate with terrorists overseas, but he won’t negotiate with Speaker Boehner.”
After playing a recent clip of Barton arguing against Obamacare on the House floor, Melvin asked, “Is that really the most effective use of time right now?”
Barton said that fact the Melvin played the soundbite on the air proves that it was an effective use of his time, and continued to argue that “the people” don’t want the Affordable Care Act to be implemented.
Remidning Barton that Congress voted for Obamacare and the Supreme Court upheld it (in a vote Barton called “questionable”), Melvin asked, “At what point do you stop this silly little game?”
Barton fought back against accusations that he doesn’t care about opinion polls that show high disapproval numbers for Republicans in this fight because he’s in a safely conservative district in Texas. When he pivoted back to talking about the failures of Obamacare, Melvin asked, “Are you aware that the program itself was rolled out just a few days ago?”
He said he was aware that some people have begun to apply for the exchanges, but declared, “I don’t believe Obamacare as it is a law will ever really work.”
“That’s not the issue!” Melvin shot back. “The issue is reopening the government!”
Harry and Barry are funding al-Qaeda-infested “vetted rebels” in Syria, but won’t allow kids with cancer to get help. Barry is keeping his golf course open, but fencing off and guarding (which has added expense) the open-air monuments. The Community Organizer in Chief is running a strike, and not showing up to the bargaining table - yet another ‘empty chair’ legacy.
Well that’s what you get when you have a foreign enemy agent as POTUS. They call for the impeachment of GW Bush for wanting to fight terror, but an admitted foreign born Islamic communist who emboldens and empowers radical Islam is perfectly OK.
He'd better check his facts. The Supremes found parts of it unconstitutional but the Fed Gov ignored them.
300,000,000 Americans, and only a couple in Bugtussle, Arkansas signed up.
Game over for that "interview".
FMCDH(BITS)
"Wait a second! Obama reduced the deficit by half!" Barbara Boxer "And 500 million Americans were out of work under Bush!" Nancy Pelosi "(whickering)" John F. Kerry "I want to thank Ranger Smith of Jellystone Park." Joe Biden "Eat your veggies!" Michelle Obama "When's my tee-time?" You know who
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Nice to see an objective Black reporter.
Pray America Wakes up
Progressives are scumbags. They said Cruz was wasting time during the “filibuster”, but now claim he is co-speaker of the House. Sad. Sad. Sad. They must have to remove all the mirrors in their homes eventually.
Who are those 2 winners? I keep seeing pics of them on FR, but I don’t know who they are. I do know they don’t look very bright and were hit very hard with the ugly stick.
One is Bill Maher, the other Jane Fonda after sex change operation.
Then he's not paying attention.
Ha. Ha. Zzzzz.
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