If that were the case and the Republicans insisted that the cuts be made and Obama and company said okay but no pay for the military while the government is shut down then O and co. were in the catbird seat because most people that I talked to from either party were appalled that pay might be withheld from military families. So,if that had happened everyone would have reason to condemn the Republicans and the Dems would have insisted that the Republicans wouldn't budge and "it was their way or else".
I can't help but wonder if the Dems found the one really vulnerable group Americans in general would have not forgiven the Repubs for hurting. Then they used that issue and the military as the means to get their way.
> So,if that had happened everyone would have reason to condemn the Republicans and the Dems would have insisted that the Republicans wouldn’t budge and “it was their way or else”.
That makes no sense - well - it IS the way the media would have spun it - but it was OBAMA that brought up ‘not paying the military’ not the Republicans. And despite the media spin, it is unlikely that the military would have blamed the Republicans. If we can’t stand up to those threats - then we should just sit our a$$ down.
Of course they did, Obama cares less about the military, but he knows it is the one group conservatives and independents support and he is desperate to get the indies back in his camp, if he could sway them to believe it was the GOP keeping our soldiers from being paid while they are fighting overseas he knew he would gain by it. There is a lot of people here who have become too myopic and/or don’t understand politics as well as they pretend to understand it. All things considered Boehner did much better in these negotiations than i expected.