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I dont even remember the government being shut down when Clintoon was in office, and I certainly would not ‘blame’ the GOP if it did.

I remember that shutdown, and IIRC, Gingrich got blamed for it, not Clinton. [MSM hated Pubbies even then.]

It was more political than actual. They shut down 'non-essential services' but the basis of government continued to function. If you needed to order a book from the GPO, you were SOL. Otherwise, things pretty much continued to operate behind the scenes. IIRC, even the Post Office was exempt and continued to operate.

I remember it well.

ABC News started their nightly broadcast with a typical middle class family going to a National Park somewhere and being turned away because of the shutdown. They then interviewed the family who talked about how terrible it was for them to travel hundreds, thousands of miles only to have their dreams dashed and no glimsp of Old Faithful, the Giant Sequioas, or whatever they came for. The education of their children was sacrificed on the Republicans demand the rich people pay no taxes!

Then park rangers where interviewed who lost their jobs due to Newt and his evil Republicans and how awful it all was, some where even told they might be let go!!!! Who would now restrain Yogi from stealing Pic-A-nic baskets??? The horror! Why are Newt, Bob Dole and the Republicans so evil!!???

The other news casts went down the same way. It was like they were sharing their stories!

I hope everyone here understands they will do this all over again in a heartbeat. They YEARN to do so. They’re plotting right now. Hell, they’ve already released the meme for the Supercommittee failure. Same stories will now make the rounds.

WE have to have a better team (not likely) or a better way to counter the propaganda.

I don’t see this happening, unless we go after the REAL culprits here. Hint: Not the democrats or the Republicans but....

The Mainstream, driveby, state-run, Journ-O-lists.

Yeah, it was so bad in 1996 that the voters punished the GOP by putting in two more Senators and kicking out a grand total of two House Reps from 1994. /

I mean when are the GOP(Gutless Old Pussies)head honchos going to realize it doesn’t pay to be nice to the Dems.