The Republicans need to get together and develop a consistent message on this and other issues. Every Republican politician should start referring to this in interviews, op-ed pieces, etc., not simply as “furloughs”, but as the “Obama Furloughs.” The public needs to hear that term again and again and again. As Rush Limbaugh has always said, “words mean things.”
Since the election, they have been eager to deal with tax rates, the debt ceiling, amnesty for illegals, and National Applejuice Day....everything but the sequester that punishes our nation's military the most.
McConnell gave a pathetic "Read My Lips" tough guy speech to reporters yesterday, saying he doesn't care if the sequester cuts into our military and he can't be bothered anymore.
Rep Hunter (R-CA) and another Republican Congressman decided to beat the victim during the House Armed Services Committee hearings, telling the Joint Chiefs the deep cuts to the Defense Dept are partially "your fault!"
I kid you not.