Iâm sorry, but there is absolutely NO way the GOP can be defended, and nobody should believe this BS that theyâre just as outraged as anyone else. They shutdown the government, and are threatening to not let the US government pay its debts. There are many issues where both parties are certainly at fault, but this isnât one of them. Its the Houseâs job to fund the government, and pay our debts. Its one of the simplistic, non-partisan activities they do. Yet, they canât even do that without dragging their unreasonable demands into it.
Look, I donât love the Democrats but at least they arenât trying to burn down the government for political gain. Ideally weâd have a third party, or even better weâd have a Republican party that wasnât batshit insane. Nope. Then they say Obama/the Senate arenât compromising/negotiating when they arenât doing anything of the sort. You donât compromise/negotiate by saying âgive me what I want, or Iâll do this to the governmentâ. That is plain extortion.
Rep. Randy Neugebauerâs (R-Koch)
I know youâre supposed to pronounce Koch like Coke, but I like to pronounce it as Cock. Is that wrong?
Cock and Boner - it canât be wrong.
Sore losers are sore.
A bit off topic, but I also know of a person named âKochâ who pronounces it âCookâ.
I always read it in my mind like it rhymes with âcrotchâ so I think âCockâ is also probably appropriate.
I donât get it. The War Monuments in Washington are open air and usually open 24/7 without supervision other than park-police patrols that are considered essential posts anyway. If the money runs out, the way to not spend money in relation to the WWII memorial is to do nothing, not to rent barricades and call park police away from their normal duties to man them.
Iâm finding the same thing with research on laws â FedGov websites have been intentionally redirected to âwe are closedâ pages. It would have been less bother to leave data archives running.
Judging by the moral logic he displays here, Neugebauer is apparently one of those guys who expects his wife to apologize every time he smacks her around.
And speaking of misplaced blame: Have you noticed the Rsâwhoâve spent the last decade trying to blame the Democrats for the war in Iran (and everything else that happened during 2001-2007)âare now trying to blame the Ds for their shutdown?
Theyâre blaming President Obama for their shutdown for the same reason they blame Democrats for the war in Iran, Barney Frank for the housing crisis, and Nancy Pelosi for the recession: the Right, honest-to-God, has absolutely no concept of responsibility.
Itâs just a word to them. They talk about âresponsibilityâ a lot, but itâs always someone elseâs.
But⌠butâŚhe was carrying an American flag! Whatâs wrong with you people? That signifies that he is a true American. Isnât that enough for you people? What now? You expect politicians to do work instead of posturing?
no, Koch is pronounced like Loch, but only a true Scotsman can appreciate that.
Yeah, at first I was questioning his integrity myself but then I saw that rather large flag sticking out of his pocket and I felt ashamed for doubting him. Flags. Yeah, thatâs what America needs, more flags.
White hot seething rage. And not one of these contemptible liars (such as occasional BB love interest Rand Paul) well ever be held to account for just making shit up to distract from their own insanity and incompetence.
WWII Veterans Group: Park Service âBent Over Backwardsâ For Us
Iâll bet the park rangers shut down those cancer trials, too.
I appreciate this new method of referring to congressmen by their sponsors.
Youâre bias is showing. Both parties are equally to blame. The are both refusing to cooperate in getting a budget passed (for years now), or even a continuing resolution. You may agree with the Demâs reasons for refusing to cooperate, but that doesnât mean they donât have a choice in the matter.
The Democrats have already compromised. They compromised severely on the ACA when it was passed. Itâs disingenuous to claim that theyâre not compromising because the GOP is now demanding that what the Democrats have already given them isnât enough. Compromise and cooperation requires both parties. Itâs not compromise to say âCompromise is half-way between what youâve already given us and what we want.â. Cooperation isnât saying âWe were soundly defeated in the Presidential election. We were soundly defeated in the Senate and lost control of it. We lost half our majority in the House. But youâre not cooperating if you donât give us 100% of everything we want in the budget.â.
Bear in mind that right now the House has the votes to pass the Senateâs budget proposal and get the government running. They have enough votes by a good margin. The only reason itâs not being passed is that Mr. Boehner wonât allow the House to vote on the proposal. So, why doesnât he allow it to come to the floor for a vote?
Please. Republicans have spent the last 5 years engaging in every obstructionist tactic they could find to prevent any legislative initiatives by the Democrats.
The Republican long-term strategy has been described as âstarve the beastâ. This is exactly what theyâve been gunning for for decades now. Now they got what theyâve been asking for and all of a sudden they donât want to take âcreditâ for it. Color me surprised.
Really ??? The House passed a âcleanâ budget in MARCH. Look it up, HConRes 25. Passed by both Republicans AND Democrats.
Senator Reid never even let it come to a vote.
I realize Iâm going up against the HiveMind, but facts count. This entire debacle is purely the Senateâs fault, and Harry Reid runs the Senate. . . .
Both? Yeah, right. The GOP passed their own ideal budget, with 0 Democrats voting for it and in fact 10 GOP members voting against it. Such a compromise there. The GOP knew their budget was dead on arrival in the Senate, they went ahead with it, and now theyâre holding the government hostage unless the Senate gives them everything they want.
