Boehner's New USA Opinion Piece Tells Us Exactly Where We're Headed Obama owns this shutdown now

[cali]

Fucking insane. Literally. I hope this whole mess destroys that weak, cowardly piece of shit.

Obama owns this shutdown now

The president isn't telling the whole story when it comes to the government shutdown. The fact is that Washington Democrats have slammed the door on reopening the government by refusing to engage in bipartisan talks. And, as stories across the country highlight the devastating impact of Obamacare on families and small businesses, they continue to reject our calls for fairness for all Americans.

This is part of a larger pattern: the president's scorched-Earth policy of refusing to negotiate in bipartisan way on his health care law, current government funding, or the debt limit.

As of this morning, Senate Democrats, acting in concert with President Obama, have rejected four different proposals from the House of Representatives to keep the government running and fund basic services.

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In the meantime, in just a few weeks, Congress must act to raise the debt limit to pay the tab for President Obama and Washington's out-of-control spending. There is no way Congress can or should pass such a bill without spending cuts and reforms to deal with the debt and deficit and help get our economy moving again. But President Obama refuses to even talk about negotiating such a bipartisan agreement.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/10/01/boehner-shutdown-obama-compromise-column/2903505/

[Botany]

1. Please!

The time for having bipartisan talks was back when the ACA was a bill not
now, 3 years later when it is a law.

[bhikkhu]

2. Really, the time to have avoided a shut-down was last summer

when, in the normal course of things, when the house and the senate didn't agree on the different budgets they had passed, a joint committee was to be seated to iron out the differences. The republicans refused to allow it, feeling they didn't have enough leverage to get the agreement they wanted, and instead forced this whole mess.

Government is "broken" because one party can't get everything it wants through the established legislative means. High-stakes extortion is all on their end.

[L0oniX]

3. Someone please call a septic tank cleaning company right away. Shit is piling up on the front lawn.

[whttevrr]

4. The Orange Judas needs to own his failure. Worst... Speaker of the House... Ever.

[cali]

5. Agreed. He really is the worst Speaker ever.

[durablend]

6. "Scorched earth pattern"

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight

Who is it that's saying "Do what we tell you or we blow up the country?"

Uh huh