"King Obama is our Leader. There is no other.
We bow to him and have promised him that we will deal
both with the Tea Party and their Constitution
and the American people who oppose him."
"King Obama is our Leader. There is no other.
We bow to him and have promised him that we will deal
both with the Tea Party and their Constitution
and the American people who oppose him."
It is so much easier than taking on his stooges in the media.
Looking for a way to placate Obama while keeping their own base from bailing before they are even sworn in.
Funny how liberals seemed scared of a shutdown.
Well, that didn’t take long. Let the GOP cave-in begin!
But hey, not to worry... As long as we keep re-electing Establishment Republicans, as many FReepers here passionately advocate, then everything will be just fine!
these bozo’s ought defund about 30 percent of federal gubmint asap.
Remove all leverage.
I would say this is stupidity, but complicity is more accurate.
And when Obama, and the Democrats say no..?
But the first submission to 0bama must be without funding the illegal amnesty.
Wasn’t the former finding to avoid the ‘cliff’ set up with just THIS scenario in mind?
Every time I see Bonehead and McCoward on TV I lower the volume and imagine that muffled voice of the adults from the Peanuts cartoons when I see their lips move. These two jelly spined fools keep thinking we conservatives will just hang around the party. I suppose we’re all waiting to see how things shake out in 2016 for Ted Cruz or maybe Scott Walker, but I know if Bush were to get the nomination I think that will finally cause the mass exodus of conservatives out of the party. We’re the ones who have been patient while the GOPe screws up the party and gives a helping hand to the Dems in ruining the country.
The Lords of Fail.
Boehner and McConnell have no desire to relive the October 2013 government shutdown
You can’t really blame them, if they actually did take control, and Shut Down the Bloated Government, they would more than likely be given a 2/3 plus majority in Both Houses of Congress and maybe even the White House in 2016. That would make the Demonrats look bad.
Sounds pathetically weak. And yet the so-called guy on our side wanted McConnell back in the senate and not Matt Bevin. They wanted Boehner and not his challenger who former talk show host Rusty Humphries had been funding and helping out. I don’t remember the candidates name.
Instead of passing a continuing resolution through the end of the year, pass one through then end of January. Then, once the new Congress takes office, pass 11 of the 12 spending bills - the House has already passed 7 or 8, so just use those. Once the 11 are passed (only Homeland Security not passed), defund the executive amnesty program ("no funds authorized in this or any appropriations bills can be used to provide green cards to persons not legally in the US" - or something like that).
If Democrats in the Senate filibuster the bill, they would have to justify holding up funding for "vital" parts of the Department of Homeland Security to provide money for illegal aliens. If enough vote to get it through, it goes to the President.
If the President signs it, part of the problem solved. If the President vetoes it, he has to justify spending money on illegal aliens. In either case, there is no government shutdown - even if the Dept of Homeland Security shuts down, the vital parts of it won't shut down (ICE, Coast Guard, etc.), since they are not subject to shut down.
The most vital part of this strategy is DON'T talk about it to the press - don't even tell your allies. If the liberals in the media know about it, they can start to find ways to spin it as Republicans being mean.
I like the idea about not inviting Obama to give the State of the Union in January!! That would be the ultimate insult....together with making the history books.
These guys were brain-dead to get stuck with the label of “shut down” anyway. They presented a budget, and the DEMOCRATS refused to pass it. The DEMOCRATS shut the governmet down.
The media picked up the meme, and these idiots were too busy drinking bourbon and branch water with their lobbist buddies to intellegently refute it, and got swept away with the storm.