I watched Hannity last night for as long as I could take it, which wasn't very long (ha) and it's amazing to watch the 'other side' in this.. Hannity wants a shutdown, he's telling the congressmen on his show to stick to their guns and not back down and 'we here at Fox, will have your back".. at the same time, they are all blaming the Dems for wanting to shut everything down. They're saying the Dems just won't 'deal' and 'compromise'.. wtf? You can't advocate sticking to your guns and not backing down and then blame the other side because
they won't compromise.. especially when that side gave you 105% of what you asked for right off the bat..
it's like neither side understand negotiation.. Obama/Dems think it means giving the other-side everything they ask and then giving them more.. and Boehner/tea-baggers think it's demanding more when you get everything you wanted to begin with.. it's like retard-compromise or something..
Over the last few days 2 things have become glaringly clear... 1) there is a section of the GOP that wants a shutdown more than they want a reduced budget. They pretend that they want to cut spending, but what they really want is to lead the other side on by moving the goal posts again and again and again until they finally reach the end point and they get the shutdown... the 2nd) obvious fact also backs up the 1st, and that's that this was never about the 'budget' to begin with. What does abortion rights,EPA and birth control have to do with this and, if you ask for 33bn and you get it, why does it matter if that 33bn doesn't
all come from the programs you want it to come from? The net result is the same a -33Bn in spending.
None of this is about spending or the budget.. it's about extreme christian ideology and paying back this or that business for their donations..
I had more hopes for the tea-baggers, but they are more 'bought and paid for' than any other group in Washington today..
Matthews made a great point last night, he said 'who would ever believe that the Dems, the party of Big Government, would ever want to shut that government down' and he's right.. let see, we have a party that wants the biggest gov't they can get (or so the other side says) and the other party who hates gov't and wants the smallest one they can get(or so they claim).. hmmmm I wonder who would be at fault if the government actually shutdown.. gee that's a tough one..
