Did you read the June 17 Federal Register? I hope you did. It's tragic. Later this year (should have been last year but for Emperor/Dictator Obama acting unconstitutionally) employers will be dropping health insurance for millions. Has the GOP-e establishment done ANYTHING to inform much less protect the average American employee? Instead we get the link below:
Debt-Ceiling Surrender: Republicans use Senate rules to play a con game on the folks back home.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3126057/posts
For example, every time Boehner/McConnely make a statement they should do it under a Debt Clock and have an estimate of how many millions of Americans lost their insurance due to Obamacare.
You are focusing on defunding, I am focusing on informing the average Joe/Jo. The average Joe/Jo is mad as hell and the GOP-e has done nothing.
The defunding issue could have been the opening volley. Because the GOP-e had/has no effing clue on how to shape public opinion, they weren't ready to go for the initial retreat to make a big deal about Obama illegally and unilaterally changing Obamacare willy nilly. There should be ads day and night how Obama is acting unconstitutionally, how the average American is going to be hurt by Obamacare, etc. Aside, how come the GOP-e didn't make a big deal of FED employees being paid to close the WW2 monument and harassing 90 year old Vets during the shutdown? The government was supposedly shutdown, why the heck are those fed employees harassing WW2 Vets???? HUH??
I am now listening how Obama/Hagel are downsizing the Army to before the WW2 level. Well, that is going to end well.
As far as I am concerned, all of DC should close down annually until the deficit is zero (adjusting for the cost of government for the remaining fiscal year). Then fed employees can come back to work for the remaining fiscal year.
I should have added you to the “To:” bar. Sorry.
How about Peter King?
I bet those Long Islanders who got that aid $$$ think he's doing a great job. They Probably voted for Hillary as Senator, and Kirstinbrand too.
See in the real world not every Republican is elected to a district where 9 out of 10 get their info from talk radio. I know they wont tell you that.
I bet those LIers who elect him don't like Ted.
I been hoping you mention this.
I agree with that. I complain about that all the time.
However when I hear Mark Levin say it it also rings hollow.
Mark's points are designed to please his choir who believe what he says, his arguments wont work with those who are needed as converts to beat Dems.
When he says the GOP should preach gloom and doom and terrible sounding consequences over national debt (much like libs do on global warming), sure his fans must think that would work great.
But you gotta understand those like Mark and Rush have so isolated themselves from real debates that they dont know what it is like for those who cant just turn their speaker off and ridicule them.
In the real world if a GOP says the debt will take away all our 401Ks and savings, the response will be :”If you are so sure that will happen then lets raise taxes”
No, to beat Dems you have to know what arguments they will use. I see few who do.