Luddly Neddite
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Dick Armey Remembers the Gingrich Shutdowns -- Daily Intelligencer
I constantly going after the elderly, children, women, vets, and the poorest among us, the Rs really screwed themselves. They have no one to blame but themselves.
....And do you see many of the same dynamics in this shutdown?
There wasnt that big ideological component back in 95. Clinton was fundamentally a fiscal conservative, so more than anybody was ever willing to acknowledge, the goal of a balanced budget was a goal shared by Clinton in the first place. This fight now isnt about the budget, its an ideological war. Nobody can surrender in this war, and their positions are mutually exclusive. Obamacare is the 50-year dream of the national Democrat party finally achieved. Everybody knew the Democrats were not going to take a bill to defund it. Boehner knew that, but he let himself get pushed into a shutdown anyway.
Is he really so afraid of the tea party?
Tea party, shmee party. Its the Republican Study Committee, and theyve been around since long before there was ever a tea party. But I still wonder: How does a guy like Ted Cruz, whos relatively new in town, who nobody knows, who hasnt even unpacked his bags, drive this whole process? Its hard to see how Boehner gets himself out of this....
I constantly going after the elderly, children, women, vets, and the poorest among us, the Rs really screwed themselves. They have no one to blame but themselves.