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WH official: ‘Doesn’t really matter to us’ how long shutdown lasts
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Posted on 10/04/2013 6:37:10 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

WH official: ‘Doesn’t really matter to us’ how long shutdown lasts

Posted By Vince Coglianese On 9:04 AM 10/04/2013 In Politics | No Comments

The White House reportedly doesn’t care how long the government shutdown continues because President Obama is “winning” the political fight.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, an unnamed “senior administration official” revealed that the White House is more interested in a political win than getting the government reopened:

Said a senior administration official: “We are winning…It doesn’t really matter to us” how long the shutdown lasts “because what matters is the end result.”

White House allies, however, say a long shutdown could make the White House’s position less tenable. Mr. Obama is the most visible symbol of the U.S. government, they say, and will inevitably share in the blame as hardships mount and people weary of the infighting.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: govtshutdown; wh
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To: InterceptPoint

> Personally I’m counting on the disastrously low Obamacare enrollment figures to encourage and support this view

Do you think the MSM will report the numbers accurately? No.

When they get caufgt they’’ll just say, “0h, did I add 3 zero?. Silyl me, it was my laptop keyboard. I got some vegan food particles down in it and its been sticking. I meant to type 5,000, not 5,000,000. My bad”


61 posted on 10/04/2013 7:19:44 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: jsanders2001

Do you think the MSM will report the numbers accurately? No.
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Probably not but they can only fudge them so much. The insurance companies are already reporting the disastrously meager enrollment figures for the first few days. The MSM can’t control that source. The stockholders have to be told.

The MSM may or may not try to surpress the truth but in any case they will fail to do so.


63 posted on 10/04/2013 7:30:54 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: Sub-Driver

Actually it does matter to them, or it will.

The longer these employees are furloughed, the less of their money will get recycled back through government unions to the Democrat Party.

Sooner or later Dems trying to run for re-election will start to squeal.


64 posted on 10/04/2013 7:31:46 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Sub-Driver

Headline:.....”The White House reportedly doesn’t care how long the government shutdown continues because President Obama is winning the political fight”.

Headline: “Shawn Moran, Vice President of the National Border Patrol Council, spoke exclusively with Breitbart News and claimed that Border Patrol management has begun the practice of ordering Border Patrol Agents to stand down and cease pursuing drug smugglers, human smugglers and traffickers, and illegal aliens. He also warned it could lead to illegal aliens entering the country from nations associated with terrorism.”

If the Whitehouse TRULY “doesn’t care” about our “NATIONAL SECURITY” then it is time for our other institution, the U.S. Army, to ACT.

I say move about 150,000 Army troops in to D.C. and just clean out all political appointees of any stripe whatsoever, send the 800,000 “non essentials” PERMANENT pink slips, put Obama, Axelrod, Pelosi, Reid and a few others in the Navy Brig and then put a general in the chair in the Oval Office. IT’S TIME FOR THIS NON SENSICAL AMATEUR HOUR TO STOP!!!

That general’s orders are simple: 1. pay the bills according to priority using available cash in the bank ONLY; no borrowing 2. keep cutting until the amount the government spends is equal to what it takes in.
3. Move up the November 2014 elections to February 2014.
4. General stays in the Oval Office and troops remain deployed to do his bidding until Obama can be replaced in Jan. 2017 5. Hagel is a political appointee and will be arrested along with Obama, Axelrod, Pelosi and Reid. General will appoint a civilian replacement.


65 posted on 10/04/2013 7:34:06 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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To: Sub-Driver

We are winning... Who is we?

Liberals take lines and bull sh!t. However in between they always reveal how they have this inner circle of bureaucrats and powers stomping their boots ultimately on everybody.

The last thing they want is a gazillions march of people on welfare in DC demanding their benefits and moneys, and instead they prime it with money to bankruptcy while dining on lobsters... For now.


66 posted on 10/04/2013 7:39:52 AM PDT by lavaroise
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To: Sacajaweau

Even the illegals don’t want this crap. Why would they want to be tracked by the government facing death panels?


67 posted on 10/04/2013 7:42:16 AM PDT by lavaroise
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To: Sub-Driver

Notice the absence of even generic polling for Senate races involving vulnerable redstate Dems.


68 posted on 10/04/2013 7:45:00 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

The biggest benefit is that 90% of IRS staff is furloughed. Does not matter to me how long they stay shut down. Let it be forever.


69 posted on 10/04/2013 7:46:57 AM PDT by GilGil
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To: Sub-Driver

When are Barry, Rimshot Joe Biden and the Congress going to get their furlough notices? It’s way overdue.


70 posted on 10/04/2013 7:50:39 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The DemocRAT Pahtay! Spending our grandchildren's future, today!)
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To: JediJones
Obamacare is stacked, packed and racked with Democrats.They'll never give us a fair shake. You know they want us dead. They've said so all over online forums for the past 23 years. Obamacare is a great to do that, slowly.

Hell no, I won't go.

71 posted on 10/04/2013 1:59:19 PM PDT by Musket (It's very simple:<i>your quoted text pasted here</i><p> produces Quoted Italic with paragraph break)
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Hye Rosa DeLauro!- Just in case you missed it:

WH official: ‘Doesn’t really matter to us’ how long shutdown lasts
72 posted on 10/04/2013 2:01:40 PM PDT by novemberslady
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To: JediJones
Oops. Missed a word....Obamacare is a great way to do that
73 posted on 10/04/2013 2:12:12 PM PDT by Musket (It's very simple:<i>your quoted text pasted here</i><p> produces Quoted Italic with paragraph break)
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