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Sen. Pat Toomey Says Government Shutdown Is Wrong Tool Against Obamacare
CBS Philly ^ | August 21, 2013 | By David Madden

Posted on 08/22/2013 4:46:08 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

US senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) today was suggesting that an idea being floated in some Republican circles — to try and shut down the government to stop Obamacare — is just not the right way to go.

The ultra-conservative US senator insists the Affordable Care Act is a failure and should be defunded, if not repealed outright.

Toomey says he’ll try to take some limited action in the short run to hobble Obamacare, such as pushing for a delay in the “individual mandate.”

But if Congress tries to shut down government operations over the law, he feels, it won’t do a lot of good.

Congressman Pat Meehan (R-Pa.), representing Delaware County, joins in that sentiment. Meehan and Toomey are to convince fellow GOPers promising a showdown on Capitol Hill that their tactics will backfire on them — and their party.

(Excerpt) Read more at philadelphia.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: failure; obamacare
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1 posted on 08/22/2013 4:46:08 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Pat is starting to sound like Snarlin’ Arlen.


2 posted on 08/22/2013 4:48:29 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Shutting government down is precisely the right tool to use on an oversized, overweening, arrogant, sucking us dry government.

Toomey is also a tool, just not the right tool to cut government down to size.


3 posted on 08/22/2013 4:50:22 PM PDT by Valpal1 (If the police can t solve a problem with brute force, they ll find a way to fix it with brute force)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Toomey, you ignorant slut!


4 posted on 08/22/2013 4:50:27 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Governor Sarah Heath Palin for President of the United States in 2016)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Word on the street is that a “Hang your spine here” has been installed in both the GOP Senate and GOP house “Cloak rooms” they are instructed to hang thier spines and cajones there before proceeding to the floor
I am so over the Grand Old Party
You can all rot in hell
Freegards
LEX ( i was your base you left me)


5 posted on 08/22/2013 4:50:51 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: ought-six

Yep. Pat also likes gays in foxholes. Total squish on DADT.


6 posted on 08/22/2013 4:51:53 PM PDT by heye2monn
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Wrong Tool?

They should be using EVERY TOOL AT THEIR DISPOSAL to fight this thing. The more tools you use ...... the better the chances you will achieve your objective!

7 posted on 08/22/2013 4:52:06 PM PDT by R_Kangel ( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Nobody has proposed shutting down the government


8 posted on 08/22/2013 4:52:34 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: ought-six

Yes. He is becoming quite the RINO tool.


9 posted on 08/22/2013 4:52:35 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: ought-six

This is truly sad. Good Rick Santorum was routinely and viciously attacked on this premiere conservative forum for not endorsing the formerly perfect conservative, Pat Toomey. Now, well it is all different.

I wonder when conservatives here will stop the circular firing squad, or is that the game being played.


10 posted on 08/22/2013 4:52:42 PM PDT by swpa_mom
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Utterly dishonest journalism on display here. Those who want to defund Obamacare don't want to shut the government down. They want to fund every penny of the government EXCEPT Obamacare.

If the House stands firm and refuses to pass any spending bill that includes funds for Obamacare, but does pass spending bills that fund everything else, the government may well shut down. But it won't be because the GOP shut it down. It will be because the Rats will have refused to fund the rest of the government unless Obamacare funding is also included. They are literally willing to shut down the government over their desire to shove Obamacare down our throats.
11 posted on 08/22/2013 4:53:16 PM PDT by arista
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Nobody has proposed shutting down the government. They have proposed to not fund ObamaCare in the next CR.

BTW, whatever happened to budgets?


12 posted on 08/22/2013 4:53:40 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The only problem with a government shutdown is that it eventually starts back up again.


13 posted on 08/22/2013 4:53:51 PM PDT by arista
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Pat is an elite slave.


14 posted on 08/22/2013 4:54:26 PM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Why end the 30-year-long strategic retreat? It’s working great.


15 posted on 08/22/2013 4:55:08 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If you buy into the argument of the left, you lose before you start. Republicans are proposing to fund the government, not shut it down.


16 posted on 08/22/2013 4:55:53 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Pat, you ain’t foolin’ no one.

We ain’t buying the phony GOP bullsh!t, anymore.

Your party is going get swept the **** out real soon.


17 posted on 08/22/2013 5:00:29 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

toomey... toomey... yes I remember... he is a liberal republican from Pennsylvania.


18 posted on 08/22/2013 5:03:17 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Do you think the Tea party will ever realize how badly they have been played by the GOP?


19 posted on 08/22/2013 5:05:42 PM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

an ultra-conservative would not just rule out a shutdown for something that is and will continue to destroy the country. and oppress and wind up killing citizens.

sorry he ain’t ultra conservative. these people doggegly fight to the death for their beliefs.


20 posted on 08/22/2013 5:06:30 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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