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I'm a republican, and a party officer at that, so I agree with the party most of the time and support their actions most of the time and those don't always overlap. The reason I haven't expressed an opinion about the Shutdown is I don't have an opinion on the shutdown, that's not very unusual, I'm often of two minds about our policies. Mostly I just don't see it as a big deal. After the fact people over-analyze the hell out of this stuff, assign blame or victory, and its mostly made up nonsense. Most people didn't a give a damn about prior shutdowns more than during them and a few weeks afterwards. Pundits come out and rewrite history to imply otherwise. If the President blinks before the House does, then it was a good idea, if they blink before he does, then it wasn't. If the GOP leadership thought with good reason base don available data that they had better than coin flip odds of coming out a head then they are right to do this, if not then not.
I'm a republican, and a party officer at that, so I agree with the party most of the time and support their actions most of the time and those don't always overlap. The reason I haven't expressed an opinion about the Shutdown is I don't have an opinion on the shutdown, that's not very unusual, I'm often of two minds about our policies. Mostly I just don't see it as a big deal. After the fact people over-analyze the hell out of this stuff, assign blame or victory, and its mostly made up nonsense. Most people didn't a give a damn about prior shutdowns more than during them and a few weeks afterwards. Pundits come out and rewrite history to imply otherwise. If the President blinks before the House does, then it was a good idea, if they blink before he does, then it wasn't. If the GOP leadership thought with good reason base don available data that they had better than coin flip odds of coming out a head then they are right to do this, if not then not.
Well it definitely didn't help him. There were a lot of factors in play on that administration's various spectacular fumbles. At the time the democrat party was not very cohesive.
Thanks for the response Isaac. With the power the media has, pundits coming out about past events, can potentially help sway current events, help affect who blinks first, which may be part of the reason why they offer opinions.
It will be interesting to see who blinks first, from what I've seen of Obama's presidency, he seems to have had a tendency to blink first in the past, which may make him more or less likely to blink in this instance, than if he hadn't had that history.
Certainly a gamble for GOP, but I think that even if Obama blinks first, there is still a risk that it will overall backfire on the republicans.
Regarding the democrats under Jimmy Carter, I think from what I've read of american political history (I tend to like to read odd things 
) differing parties at times have had problems with cohesiveness, and with the Tea Party, the GOP seems to be at risk in that regard.
President Obama should not negotiate with terrorists
- 24/09/2013 06:09:59 PM
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I assume the purpose of this post was ranting and provoking heated reactions for your amusement?
- 24/09/2013 08:16:14 PM
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I assumed that was the point of the post.
- 24/09/2013 08:25:16 PM
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As would I, that's for sure.
- 24/09/2013 08:44:31 PM
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I also just found this surprisingly good related op-ed piece by, of all people, Ted Cruz.
- 24/09/2013 08:31:03 PM
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consider this my swan song
- 24/09/2013 09:39:02 PM
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To be fair, they only have a terrorist ATTITUDE; the GOP coup attempt has been non-violent.
- 27/09/2013 03:28:48 PM
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only the far left would call this a coup
- 28/09/2013 04:13:18 PM
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A minority of a minority forcing its will on the majority in defiance of rule of law is a coup.
- 28/09/2013 11:17:43 PM
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gross accumulation of wealth of real problem I am just not sure how you find a solution
- 28/09/2013 04:21:37 PM
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I remember people complaining when their patriotism was questioned, thought they had a valid beef...
- 25/09/2013 05:57:52 AM
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i'm sorry your party has gone off the deep end and can't tell reality from their ass
- 27/09/2013 05:24:52 PM
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Yeah, they're out of touch with reality, Mr. Peaceful Protest = terrorism, sure, gotcha 
- 28/09/2013 01:41:55 AM
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- 28/09/2013 01:41:55 AM
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Re: Yeah, they're out of touch with reality, Mr. Peaceful Protest = terrorism, sure, gotcha
- 29/09/2013 03:51:06 AM
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- 29/09/2013 03:51:06 AM
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fucking over millions of people's lives is NOT "peaceful protest"
- 01/10/2013 09:04:30 PM
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I agree. The ACA is akin to domestic terrorism because it is fucking over millions of peoples' lives
- 01/10/2013 10:00:59 PM
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just because you won't benefit doesn't mean it isn't helping
- 01/10/2013 11:27:10 PM
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Oh, please. Cut the fucking hyperbole.
- 02/10/2013 02:54:31 AM
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It isn't hypberbole tyo him it is his reality
- 02/10/2013 03:47:30 AM
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I was with you until you engaged in your own hyperbole in that last line. *NM*
- 02/10/2013 06:05:12 PM
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I thought it was more of simple observation
- 04/10/2013 02:21:32 AM
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Bringing up the Nazis or other totalitarian regimes hardly counts as "simple observation".
- 04/10/2013 06:40:16 PM
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You have an amazingly cherry-picked view of the world don't you? Peaceful protests often hurt people
- 01/10/2013 10:20:43 PM
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yeah, you keep believing that. i suppose black is now white as well?
- 01/10/2013 11:28:58 PM
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If you insist on seeing everything as black and white it really doesn't matter which is which
- 02/10/2013 12:07:51 AM
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I had hoped
- 02/10/2013 08:43:58 AM
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Re: I had hoped
- 02/10/2013 10:48:13 AM
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Re: I had hoped
- 02/10/2013 11:35:04 AM
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Congress is given teh power of the purse so it is the left who is threatening a shut down
- 26/09/2013 12:59:20 PM
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Pretty much my take for the last two years; the GOP is pulling an Arafat: "95% is not good enough!"
- 27/09/2013 01:12:53 AM
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funny how the media celibrated the silly twit from Fort Worth for doing basically the same thing *NM*
- 28/09/2013 04:19:31 PM
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Yes, opposing an effective statewide ban on ALL abortion (for ALL reasons) is extremist
- 28/09/2013 11:22:32 PM
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- 28/09/2013 11:22:32 PM
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you would have a point if you posistion approached reality instead of being extermist blather
- 30/09/2013 01:58:13 PM
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So all TX outpatient clinics must meet the standards set for hospitals?
- 30/09/2013 11:00:24 PM
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no all TX abortion clince have to meet the same standards as outpatient surgical centers.
- 30/09/2013 11:29:48 PM
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"... mandate[s]... a doctor who performs abortions have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital."
- 02/10/2013 01:54:41 AM
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You miss a lot of points
- 02/10/2013 03:37:00 AM
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Like where Wendy Davis threatened to shut down TX unless she got her way.
- 02/10/2013 06:49:52 AM
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Like I said you support grandstanding as long as it is your side doing it
- 04/10/2013 02:20:09 AM
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Neither shut down government? Sorry; I did not realize the US government was and has been open.
- 05/10/2013 12:49:50 AM
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I guess you also didn't realize Cruz is a senator. Unless of courrse you blame the senate?
- 05/10/2013 05:16:01 AM
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GOP Rep. on the shutdowns future: "You really have to call Cruz, I'm not even joking about that."
- 05/10/2013 03:59:01 PM
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