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The GOP is buying time for now, playing nicey-nicey in an election year. They know they have a lock on the House. But they need to appear more "moderate" if they want to take the Senate.
That's all this is about.
I live in a state the GOP expects to swing to them. If they do this, and its not a done deal I will be voting third party once again.
GOP is a joke: House GOP Abandons Debt Ceiling Demands
Well gee, when the GOP stuck to their guns the liberals and their liberal-controlled press accused them and them only of shutting down the government. When it was just as much the Dems fault. If they shut down the government again, the liberals and their press are NOT going to take any responsibility. They think that everything they do is gilded with gold (WRONG!). That is their adolescent "it is not our fault, we do no wrong" attitude.
GOP is a joke: House GOP Abandons Debt Ceiling Demands
Well gee, when the GOP stuck to their guns the liberals and their liberal-controlled press accused them and them only of shutting down the government. When it was just as much the Dems fault. If they shut down the government again, the liberals and their press are NOT going to take any responsibility. They think that everything they do is gilded with gold (WRONG!). That is their adolescent "it is not our fault, we do no wrong" attitude.
They are doing that with Obamacare even though not a single Republican voted for it.
Somehow all the wrongs of Obamacare are blamed on the Repubs.
They are doing that with Obamacare even though not a single Republican voted for it.
Somehow all the wrongs of Obamacare are blamed on the Repubs.
Not completely true. They've also been blaming the insurance companies for gouging people that got increases....after passing Obamacare citing all the consumer protections that would be put into place etc.....while at the same time taking credit for the expanded benefits, better coverage etc.
So, in short you have mandated additional benefits, no lifetime max, no refusal etc etc etc. but if your price went up....it's because of gouging. Talk about taking credit for the positives while ducking all responsibility for the higher associated costs.
Structually the party is at its weakest point I can ever remember. Boehner is weak and the party is split in half. Can't even get a vote on a position that they had leverage going in on. Pathetic party.
The conservative party is very, very extreme, that is why things that were just normal business of the government that didn't receive much press coverage become these huge controversies.
The farm bill, passing a budget, lifting the debt ceiling were all routine government activities that had some political grandstanding from time to time, but they weren't ever really threatened to pass.
Now because conservatives are so radical, they can't do the normal functions of the government. The conservative party is post public policy at this point.
Besides being for cutting taxes for rich people/corporations, anti abortion, anti-union, anti-Obamacare, anti-sharia law, anti-voter, and anti-immigrant legislation, oh yeah pro letting guns be everywhere legislation, I have no idea what anyone sees in the conservative party.
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