P@triot
Diamond Member
Really, the Republicans have everything they wanted.
The Democrats have been completely hoodwinked and out-maneuvered.
The sequester is still in place and not even under discussion, the government is shut down and any more 'compromise' by the Whitehouse is going to be cream to the Republicans.
Well played to the GOP.
You don't really believe that, do you? For starters, the Republicans have made it clear that they want Obamacare repealed. Is it?
The National Parks seriously doesn't even make my top 1,200 of unconstitutional government expenses that I want to see shut down.
By the way, the government is not "shutdown". Hell, it's not even mildly interrupted. It's astounding to see Democrats go into a tizzy because a freaking park is temporarily unavailable.![]()
Now, to be fair there Rotty, there have been one or two tizzies from the Republican side as well.
Of course the Republicans have won...they wanted smaller government, they've got it.
The Dems didn't even try to negotiate the sequester for example.
It's a long game for the Reps and they've played it brilliantly.
Obama has caved before and they're betting he'll cave again...like I said, any concession from him will simply be gravy to them.
Sure, they said that they wanted to de-fund Obamacare but that was never going to happen.
They've gone into negotiations with a high offer while willing to negotiate down.
To be fair, Republican tizzy's have been over things worth having a tizzy about (like Obama collapsing America and forcing jobs overseas by punishing businesses for being successful with things like high taxes and Obamacare). A far cry from a silly national park being temporarily unavailable, wouldn't you agree?
And we both know that temporarily closing a national park does not make "government smaller". When they sell off those parks and permanently close some departments, then government will be smaller.