Posted on 10/07/2013 2:19:41 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
If anyone is surprised about the government shutdown, Sen. Chuck Schumer said the tea party had it planned “almost a year and a half.”
“The tea party was planning almost a year and a half before it happened. The issue of Obamacare is almost incidental. The real issue is they have almost a principle that they wanted to shut down the government because they hate it so, and that’s astounding,” Schumer said on CNN’s “New Day.”
Schumer went further to say it was “meticulously” planned and that Speaker John Boehner has conceded to go along with it.
“So anyone who thinks this is an accident that, ‘Oh, the president is equally to blame,’ oh no, the tea party planned this and very, very, very meticulously and so far successfully executed it, assuming Speaker Boehner would go along with them, which unfortunately was a correct assumption,” Schumer (D-N.Y.) said.
He continued to hit Boehner and Republican House leadership, for not distancing themselves from the demands of the tea party faction within the GOP.
“The problem here is Speaker Boehner so far has been unwilling to break with the tea party, but let me make a prediction when we get close to the debt ceiling he will have to break with the tea party,” Schumer said.
Schumer also said that Republicans in the Senate also faced pressure from the tea party faction, but the had the “courage” to stand against them and said he and hopes Boehner will eventually do the same.
“I like to compare him to the Republican leadership in the Senate, many of whom have tea party opponents but they figured out a way to let our bill go forth. They didn’t vote for Obamacare, they’re against it, but they at least said, ‘We’re not going to shut down the government to get our way.’ And 25 of the 44 Republicans when the bill came to the floor, voted for a path to open the government. That showed some courage. Where is Speaker Boehner’s? I hope he will summon the same,” Schumer said.
Rep. Louise Slaughter continued Schumer’s attack and citing yesterday’s New York Times story that attributed the shutdown to the long-term planning by conservatives.
“One of the most well-researched pieces that I’ve seen was yesterday in The New York Times, and this was planned since [2010] and the plotters are David Koch, former Attorney General Ed Meese and a man from the Heritage Foundation. They don’t care if the government is shut down,” Slaughter (D-N.Y.) said on “CNN Newsroom.”
Also appearing to the program, Rep. Tom Cole expressed skepticism that there was any “conspiracy” when asked about the story.
“No, I don’t think so. First of all, I don’t there’s some deep, dark plot here,” Cole (R-Okla.) said.
Dems project so easily.
They planned this shutdown a long time ago.
They hope to win all the marbles in 2014.
If we let them we deserve what happens.
If the TEA Party planned the shutdown the first things to be terminated would be power to TOTUS and any mic or camera in front of Schmuckie.
Schumer has lost and now only look more and more pathetic.
The only thing they have to bargain with is political favors. We don’t want what they have, and that scares them to death.
Clinton was/is a good liar. Hillary is a passable liar.
Schumer is a pathetic liar.
Is this The Onion??
If it were true that Obamacare was incidental and not the main target, then you could hardly characterize this as meticulous fool-proof planning to obtain a “shutdown”, because all The Won would have to do to win would be jettison Husseincare and keep government running, since that’s supposedly the real bone of contention here. I mean the House handed it to him on a platter with a HusseinScare-less CR. Wouldn’t that make the Tea Partier controllers mad, giving Zero such an easy way to avoid shutdown??
I hope someone planned in good time to hang Chuckie.
And 25 of the 44 Republicans when the bill came to the floor, voted DEMOCRAT.
Traitors, sellouts, quizlings, their time is over,
say goodby to your office, you’re out of here!!!
Hey Chuckie, the Obama Administration has the SIGNS already made.
Hitler used a staged coup as the excuse for implementing martial law. Why would the DemaCommies not pursue a similar course, now that Obamabots control the Federal bureaus?
First of all, I thought the Tea Party was dead.
Second, I’m tired of these mofos lying and not being challenged.
Third, is there not one republican with the dignity to knock the crap out of one these democrats for telling lies about them?
If boner has any pride whatsoever he’ll have a closed door meeting with Reid, Schumer and Obama and tell them either they apologize for all the lies they’ve told or the government defaults.
I think it’s awesome that SOMEONE in DC is planning. Thanks for pointing that out, Chuck.
The only thing they have to bargain with is political favors. We don’t want what they have, and that scares them to death.
What we want they are afraid to deny their addicted voters.
I don’t think they have quite grasped the power of TEA.
I spoke to several strangers in Wally world today and they
were agast at what Obma and his regime are doing.
If President Skittles, would quit mucking about, trying
to transform our nation, the econemy would take off like
a rocket. I don’t want a “TRANNY” government.
I don’t want a “TYRANT” President.
I don’t.
I don’t.
I won’t.
As recently as September........
At a search result on thehill.com for government shutdown, the following results, verbatim, appear:
Confident Dems want separate showdowns on fiscal battles
09/14/2013
government shutdown, but warned “even on that one, they’re on weak ground because the public sort of is
Confident Democrats want separate showdowns on shutdown and debt limit
09/14/2013
Senate Democrats want to have separate fights with the House GOP over a potential government
The Communists, AKA, Democrats, ALWAYS INTENDED TO SHUTDOWN THE GOVERNMENT FOR BOTH THE BUDGET AND THE DEBT LIMIT.
Did the Tea Partiers also meticulously plan to have the head of the Teamsters Union and other powerful labor leaders denounce ObamaCare, as they did earlier this year?
Who is going to keep funding the Democratic party if Big Labor has finally realized that the Democrats are destroying their union members’ livelihoods with their misbegotten programs?
Right. It was the Tea party who had all the fencing and shutdown posters made up in advance and distributed to the NPS.
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