Why should Republicans be rewarded after shutting down the federal government?

[Lakhota]

Republicans shut down the government over Obamacare - Obama's signature legislation that Republicans knew Obama would NOT give up. Republicans knew this in advance - but shut the government down anyway.

Oh whatever. the gov't was briefly shutdown n gov't workers got a paid vacation.

That government shutdown cost taxpayers $24 billion.

Government Shutdown Cost $24 Billion, Standard & Poor's Says

So why didnt Obama agree to negotiate to keep the debt from skyrocketing? Why did he order shutting down national parks and preventing WW2 vets from visiting places?
The Democrats deserve to be tarred and feathered over that, not just to lose the election.

Please give us some "credible" proof that Obama and Democrats did all that by themselves.

Order to Close WWII Memorial Came from Obama Administration Park Svc. Says CNS News
Carol Johnson said it was orders from the WH to shut down the war memorial.

Bullshit.

Seven reasons why the National Park Service closed the World War II Memorial - The Washington Post

 

[Lakhota]

I don't get it. Do people not care - or do they just have short memories? Why is it always Republicans who shut down the government - and threaten to many more times? I never hear of Democrats shutting down the government - or even threatening to shut it down. Why is that?

Ain't No Party Like A Shutdown Party: Your 2014 GOP

Didn't the Democrat House shut down the congress every year Ronald Reagan was President?

You tell us. Give us some "credible" proof.

 

[Antares]

I don't get it. Do people not care - or do they just have short memories? Why is it always Republicans who shut down the government - and threaten to many more times? I never hear of Democrats shutting down the government - or even threatening to shut it down. Why is that?

Ain't No Party Like A Shutdown Party: Your 2014 GOP

Didn't the Democrat House shut down the congress every year Ronald Reagan was President?

You tell us. Give us some "credible" proof.

And YOU get to decide what is credible and what isn't?
LMAO

 

[Nosmo King]

Tissue? the people of the US are voting today today to show how much they hate obama and the democratic party. When the results are released read them and weep bitches.

One would hoper that the people today are voting on the issues, not on a president who is not, nor can he be on the ballot for the office of President of the United States of America.

If "we hate Obama" is all the GOP has, why then are people voting for them?

Why are people voting against the GOP because the Dems accused them of racism?

They want to put you back in chains - Joe Biden
Don't shoot - Democrats in general
If the GOP takes back Congress life as we know it will end - Nancy Pelosi

Remember all of these false claims by Democrats?

I never mentioned racism. Tipping your hand a bit?

 

[Broncho4]

I don't get it. Do people not care - or do they just have short memories? Why is it always Republicans who shut down the government - and threaten to many more times? I never hear of Democrats shutting down the government - or even threatening to shut it down. Why is that?

Ain't No Party Like A Shutdown Party: Your 2014 GOP

Didn't the Democrat House shut down the congress every year Ronald Reagan was President?

You tell us. Give us some "credible" proof.

PAST FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS

Year Beginning date Length in Days Ending date
(at midnight)

1976 Thursday, Sept 30 10 Monday, Oct 11

1977 Friday, Sept 30 12 Thursday, Oct 13
Monday, Oct 31 8 Wednesday, Nov 9
Wednesday, Nov 30 8 Friday, Dec 9

1978 Saturday, Sept 30 17 Wednesday, Oct 18

1979 Sunday, Sept 30 11 Friday, Oct 12

1981 Friday, Nov 20 2 Monday, Nov 23

1982 Thursday, Sept 30 1 Saturday, Oct 2
Friday, Dec 17 3 Tuesday, Dec 21

1983 Thursday, Nov 10 3 Monday, Nov 14

1984 Sunday, Sept 30 2 Wednesday, Oct 3
Wednesday, Oct 3 1 Friday, Oct 5

1986 Thursday, Oct 16 1 Saturday, Oct 18

1987 Friday, Dec 18 1 Sunday, Dec 20

1990 Friday, Oct 5 3 Tuesday, Oct 9

1995 Monday, Nov 13 5 Sunday, Nov 19
Friday, Dec 15 21 Saturday, Jan 6, 1996

Reagan never had a Republican House...

 

[Lakhota]

Here is a good article on government shutdowns:

Here is every previous government shutdown, why they happened and how they ended - The Washington Post

 

[AmericanFirst]

Getting nervous are you ?

Not really, but my thread is asking an honest question. I really don't get it. The polls do sound like Republicans will take the Senate - but why should they be rewarded after such gross obstruction?

I don't get it. Do people not care - or do they just have short memories? Why is it always Republicans who shut down the government - and threaten to many more times? I never hear of Democrats shutting down the government - or even threatening to shut it down. Why is that?

Ain't No Party Like A Shutdown Party: Your 2014 GOP

Reid and Obutthurt shut down the Gov't. Keep lying liar.

Give us some "credible" proof of your claim.

reid is the one who blocked the spending bills from the house and wouldn't even allow a vote.

 

[Antares]

Getting nervous are you ?

Not really, but my thread is asking an honest question. I really don't get it. The polls do sound like Republicans will take the Senate - but why should they be rewarded after such gross obstruction?

I don't get it. Do people not care - or do they just have short memories? Why is it always Republicans who shut down the government - and threaten to many more times? I never hear of Democrats shutting down the government - or even threatening to shut it down. Why is that?

Ain't No Party Like A Shutdown Party: Your 2014 GOP

Reid and Obutthurt shut down the Gov't. Keep lying liar.

Give us some "credible" proof of your claim.

reid is the one who blocked the spending bills from the house and wouldn't even allow a vote.

Facts suck.

 

[rdean]

I don't get it. Do people not care - or do they just have short memories? Why is it always Republicans who shut down the government - and threaten to many more times? I never hear of Democrats shutting down the government - or even threatening to shut it down. Why is that?

Ain't No Party Like A Shutdown Party: Your 2014 GOP

It was not the Republicans that chose to keep WWII veterans at the gate of the WWII Memorial while illegal immigrants and supporters got to have a rally on the National Mall a block away a couple of days later. That was a choice and an order that Republicans could not call even if they wanted to.

When Republicans shut down the government, there were no guards. It was unsafe.

Republicans shut down the Government. Ted Cruz was even proud they were able to do it. You can't rewrite history unless all your kind agrees with the draft.

 

[rdean]

Here is a good article on government shutdowns:

Here is every previous government shutdown, why they happened and how they ended - The Washington Post

Wow, none of those previous reasons were "just to see if we could damage the president because we are trying to bring him down". All except one seemed serious.

 

[AvgGuyIA]

I don't get it. Do people not care - or do they just have short memories? Why is it always Republicans who shut down the government - and threaten to many more times? I never hear of Democrats shutting down the government - or even threatening to shut it down. Why is that?

Ain't No Party Like A Shutdown Party: Your 2014 GOP

The GOP didn't shut down the government. It was Obama. They are his agencies to manage.

 

[Rotagilla]

the only time citizens are safe is when government is shut down.

 

[blackhawk]

I suspect this is just one of a great many things the OP does not get.

 

[AvgGuyIA]

Getting nervous are you ?

Not really, but my thread is asking an honest question. I really don't get it. The polls do sound like Republicans will take the Senate - but why should they be rewarded after such gross obstruction?

Because this election is about obama and how we are sick of him and liberals in general.

So, you don't care that Republicans have shut down the government and threatened to many more times? Is it really all about rightwing hatred for Obama? Many lefties, including me, aren't thrilled with Obama and Reid - but they have never shut the government down or even threatened to shut it down. Democrats are clearly the lesser of the two evils.

Your gay president closed off open-air monuments so visitors to DC could not see them. Obama shut down the government.

 

[auditor0007]

Tissue? the people of the US are voting today today to show how much they hate obama and the democratic party. When the results are released read them and weep bitches.

Nothing like proving you are uneducated and know absolutely nothing about politics. Since you didn't realize it, Dems are defending twice as many Senate seats as Republicans today. But guess what? Those roles will be reversed in 2016, dipshit.

 

[Lakhota]

the only time citizens are safe is when government is shut down.

Duh, the military is also government.

 

[Rotagilla]

the only time citizens are safe is when government is shut down.

Duh, the military is also government.

What a clown!



Yeah...they just park the ships..hop out of their tanks..land the planes and go home.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

I don't get it. Do people not care - or do they just have short memories? Why is it always Republicans who shut down the government - and threaten to many more times? I never hear of Democrats shutting down the government - or even threatening to shut it down. Why is that?

Ain't No Party Like A Shutdown Party: Your 2014 GOP

Because most sane people realize that a government in full operation isn't going to kill them. Only die hard democrats think they can't function without government. Only democrats think they can't visit something like the WWII memorial and if government isn't there to help them they are in some sort of danger. The shutdown doesn't mean anything to real people.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

I don't get it. Do people not care - or do they just have short memories? Why is it always Republicans who shut down the government - and threaten to many more times? I never hear of Democrats shutting down the government - or even threatening to shut it down. Why is that?

Ain't No Party Like A Shutdown Party: Your 2014 GOP

It was not the Republicans that chose to keep WWII veterans at the gate of the WWII Memorial while illegal immigrants and supporters got to have a rally on the National Mall a block away a couple of days later. That was a choice and an order that Republicans could not call even if they wanted to.

When Republicans shut down the government, there were no guards. It was unsafe.

Republicans shut down the Government. Ted Cruz was even proud they were able to do it. You can't rewrite history unless all your kind agrees with the draft.

And here's an idiot that proves my point. Dean can't fathom going to a memorial without a government escort. If government can't protect him then nobody is allowed to go. Dean must have a full government force on standby in order to do anything. His life is incomplete without government approval.

 

[Lakhota]

the only time citizens are safe is when government is shut down.

Duh, the military is also government.

What a clown!



Yeah...they just park the ships..hop out of their tanks..land the planes and go home.

Very true - if Congress does not fund them during the shutdown. Google it...

-- Any employee or office that "provides for the national security, including the conduct of foreign relations essential to the national security or the safety of life and property." That means the U.S. military will keep operating, for one. So will embassies abroad.

The 1.4 million active-service military members, meanwhile, will get paid no matter how long the shutdown lasts. That's because the House and Senate specifically passed a bill to guarantee active-duty military pay even when the government is closed. Obama signed it into law Monday night.

Department of Defense: 50 percent of the 800,000 civilian employees would be sent home while all 1.4 million active-duty military members would stay on. (Environmental engineers, for instance, would get furloughed, and the agency could not sign any new defense contracts.)

Absolutely everything you need to know about how the government shutdown will work - The Washington Post