From the article I just sent from slate [Boehner said on Monday, the day before the shutdown: " I didn’t come here to shut down the government. I came here to fight for a smaller, less costly, and more accountable federal government. But here we find ourselves in this moment dealing with a law that’s causing unknown consequences and unknown damage to the American people and to our economy. And that issue is Obamacare. … This is not about me, and it’s not about Republicans here in Congress. It’s about fairness for the American people." There’s no way to square that statement with the latest disclosures. Boehner never believed in trading the shutdown threat for Obamacare. He knew what he’d get was a shutdown. Second, contrary to what he told us, it’s all about Republicans in Congress. By their own paraphrased admissions, it’s “about strengthening their hand in the debt-ceiling talks.” It’s “leverage” in the debt ceiling fight. They knew that the deadline for that fight was Oct. 17. Yet they choked off government funding on Tuesday, under the pretense of stopping Obamacare. Today is Oct. 3. Republicans are prepared to keep the government closed for at least two more weeks, just to gain the upper hand in a future confrontation. Remember when these guys captured the House? They said they weren’t coming here to play the Washington game. What an excellent joke.]
Posted on: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 19:27:55 +0000
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