> 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.
I am sure that negotiating involved each side offering up a cut in one of their sacred cows,or so to speak. So Obama and his sycophants told Boener and his group that if we cut more money it will be military paychecks.
B. was left between a rock and a hard spot,the only way to get the money needed to achieve their goal and avoid a shut down was somehow tied up with the military paychecks,how exactly,I do not know but I will bet that the deal hung on that issue.
Our president is exceedingly clever and for men who believe the ends justify the means there is no problem with being sly,crafty and clever as long as you win.
BTW,I think too many Republicans are also relativists but I don't think Boener is one of them. I know that it was Obama that brought up not paying the military,but the media spin would have been that the Republicans denied the military their paychecks and there was probably a plausible deniability aspect that would have protected Obama.