What a waste of time, effort and money. During the sixteen days that the government was shut down, the United States could have been funding scientific research, analyzing economic data and providing needed services to people who need them. It could also have begun work earlier on the health care website that will obviously need… Continue reading Sixteen Days, Thirteen Nights
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New Poll: More Americans Want Democrats Controlling the House
Just over half the public says that it’s bad for the country that the GOP controls the House of Representatives, according to a new national poll conducted after the end of the partial government shutdown. And the CNN/ORC International survey also indicates that more than six in 10 Americans say that Speaker of the House… Continue reading New Poll: More Americans Want Democrats Controlling the House
The Teaparty Energized by Government Shutdown
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — “The premise was good,” said Bob McIntire, 53, an insurance executive here in deep red Bradley County, where the local Democrats would have trouble filling up a phone booth. The payoff, well, that was the problem. On talk radio and in the conservative blogosphere, the bipartisan vote on Wednesday to reopen the… Continue reading The Teaparty Energized by Government Shutdown
New Report – Crisis Like The GOP Government Shutdown Cost America 900,000 Jobs
A new report called “The Cost of Crisis-Driven Fiscal Policy” is confirming what we all know, that self inflected wounds is not good for you. The report concludes that crisis-driven government and the resulting fiscal policy uncertainty has directly harmed the American economy by increasing the unemployment rate by 0.6%, or the equivalent of 900,000 jobs.… Continue reading New Report – Crisis Like The GOP Government Shutdown Cost America 900,000 Jobs
Peter King: “it was madness to follow Ted Cruz”
In an interview with CNN host Anderson Cooper on Tuesday, Republican Rep.Peter King continued scolding his party for their dumb decision to follow first year Senator, Ted Cruz and his failed efforts to take away health care from the American people. “The game is over,” King told Cooper. “We have to get this done. [House… Continue reading Peter King: “it was madness to follow Ted Cruz”
Meltdown
I’ve used the tsunami wave metaphor in other posts about the decline of the Republican Party and its associated havoc-wreaking on the country over the past two years. Today we talk about the complete meltdown of the party. The debacle over the debt ceiling and the as-we-speak collapse of any kind of deal shows us… Continue reading Meltdown
Poll: Republican Party Badly Damaged by Government Shutdown
The Republican Party has been badly damaged in the ongoing government shutdown and debt limit standoff, with a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finding that a majority of Americans blame the GOP for the shutdown, and with the party’s popularity declining to its lowest level. By a 22-point margin (53 percent to 31 percent),… Continue reading Poll: Republican Party Badly Damaged by Government Shutdown
Death Benefits to Military Families Withheld Because of GOP Shutdown
In what veterans call an outrageous slight after the ultimate sacrifice, the shuttered federal government is withholding a $100,000 payment normally wired to relatives of fallen soldiers — including the families of five killed in Afghanistan over the weekend. The payment, known as the death gratuity, is typically sent to families of the fallen within… Continue reading Death Benefits to Military Families Withheld Because of GOP Shutdown
Remember When Boehner Said “Obamacare Was The Law Of The Land?” – Video
It wasn’t that long ago! As a matter of fact, Boehner said it right after President Obama won re-election in 2012. Back in November, when Americans went to the poll and overwhelmingly reelected President Obama who ran his entire campaign on his signature law, John Boehner gave an interview to ABC. Host Diane Sawyer asked if… Continue reading Remember When Boehner Said “Obamacare Was The Law Of The Land?” – Video
John Boehner: The President won’t talk to me, so I will let the nation default
You can’t make this stuff up! On Sunday John Boehner basically said that because the president of the United States is not talking to him, or is not “having a conversation” with him, he, John Boehner, is willing to let the nation default on its debt. A move that many economists have said would result… Continue reading John Boehner: The President won’t talk to me, so I will let the nation default
Rep. Peter King – Up to 150 Republicans Would Vote for a Clean CR
On Sunday, Republican John Boehner told ABC’s Stephanopoulos that he didn’t have the votes in the House to pass a clean Continuing Resolution. But members of Boehner’s own party strongly disagree with Boehner’s conclusion. Rep. Peter King is one of those Republicans. King, in an interview with the New York Times, said that if Boehner… Continue reading Rep. Peter King – Up to 150 Republicans Would Vote for a Clean CR
Orange Alert
Here’s a surprise: the shutdown was planned months ago. So the pleadings and forthright looks we’ve been getting from Ted Cruz and the orange-tinged scoldings from John Boehner and the laments of the lack of compromise by Republicans everywhere have been fakes. Falsehoods. Frauds. Wait for it…Lies. What the Republican Cadre, because it’s no longer… Continue reading Orange Alert