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Old 09-29-2023, 10:32 AM
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... is about nothing.

“We are truly heading for the first-ever shutdown about nothing,” said Michael Strain, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a right-leaning think tank...“The weirdest thing about it is that the Republicans don’t have any demands. What do they want? What is it that they’re going to shut the government down for? We simply don’t know.”

“I frankly don’t understand it — I think it’s sort of nuts. There are times people vote yes one day, and then they come back and vote no the next day, and can’t explain why they switched,” said Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker and a McCarthy ally... “I find it hard to understand what they want, too, because they change constantly — that’s a big part of the problem.” Asked if he has a hard time tracking the insurgents’ demands of McCarthy, Gingrich said yes, adding, “So do they.”

“You can’t have seven reasons, and a different one each week, and expect American people to understand what your point was. In prior fights, there was a focus on why you were doing this. But right now, what would someone watching this on TV be taking away? It’s about too many things, which makes this about nothing,” Grover Norquist said.

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Old 09-29-2023, 10:47 AM
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... is about nothing.
Matt Gaetz will disagree. He is hell bent on ousting McCarthy and this seems to be his choice of technique. What really bothers me is that the hardliners of the Freedumb Caucus represent less than 2% of US population and they have this outsize power to shut down the government due to intra party squabbling. Yet we believe this is democracy in action.

Anther trivia. Only 86 or so House seats are competitive, so our congressional elections are mostly decided in the primaries in these contested seats, not the general election. Yet another example of democracy in action.
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Old 09-29-2023, 11:32 AM
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Matt Gaetz will disagree. He is hell bent on ousting McCarthy and this seems to be his choice of technique. What really bothers me is that the hardliners of the Freedumb Caucus represent less than 2% of US population and they have this outsize power to shut down the government due to intra party squabbling. Yet we believe this is democracy in action.

Anther trivia. Only 86 or so House seats are competitive, so our congressional elections are mostly decided in the primaries in these contested seats, not the general election. Yet another example of democracy in action.
The last is why the 'regular Republicans' are unwilling to side with the Democrats to end this BS.
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Old 09-29-2023, 01:18 PM
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BREAKING: House Speaker Kevin McCarthys last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed as hard-right holdouts rejected the package, making a shutdown almost certain.

https://apnews.com/article/governmen...654768bd9fc653
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Old 09-30-2023, 02:30 PM
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House passes bill to avert shutdown - now up to the Senate.

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House passes bill to avert shutdown - now up to the Senate.

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Even though lefty Dems tried to interfere with the vote.
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Old 09-30-2023, 03:42 PM
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Even though lefty Dems tried to interfere with the vote.
It was indeed shocking. Normally, disruptive stupidity if the forte of your party (and they exhibited quite a bit of it during this budget impasse).
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Even though lefty Dems tried to interfere with the vote.
Your far-Reich heroes have delayed the vote for months, yet this is your only comment. You are an asshole.
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Old 09-30-2023, 05:27 PM
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Your far-Reich heroes have delayed the vote for months, yet this is your only comment. You are an asshole.
I always know you've got nothing when the name-calling starts....which is often.
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'Russia helped elect Donald Trump': GOP strategist calls out Republicans over Ukraine
https://www.rawstory.com/amp/russia-...den-2665773676

Smart Repube. Outside of Whell’s Idiot World, clearly.

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"Today the party that once was the most consistent antagonist of Soviet Union/Russia is the home of the large and growing pro-Putin element of American politics," Stevens said, adding that Biden "is in the role that represents the best of America: leading a coalition to fight tyranny and genocide."

The strategist added:

"If Ronald Reagan were president today, he would do the same," he said. "If you care about liberty and the defense of freedom, if you believe it is wrong to stand by while thousands of children are kidnapped and a tyrant sends an army of rapists and murderers to prey on the innocent, you have one choice in this election: support" Biden.

Stevens further encouraged everyone to "stand with" the President.

"There is no neutral position on confronting an evil unlike any we have seen since WW2. To do nothing is to help the evil spread. Stand with freedom. Stand with human dignity. Stand with Ukraine."
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