Government Shutdown

I know a lot of you don't pay much attention to politics, but is anyone else incredibly annoyed with the amount of people that blame Obama for the shutdown and keep repeating Republican talking points about the Affordable Care Act like their truth?

It's probably cause I live deep inside a red state, but its really getting annoying.

Nick, you really need to stop watching/listening to the Right-wing propaganda machine. They're led by Fox News with Rush Limbaugh as their mascot. Of course red states are going to be full of sheeples that blame Obama for... being black, not being a U.S. citizen, terrorist attacks, the weak economy, _____ (fill in the blank). The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/Affordable Care Act/Obamacare was passed into law in 2010 (THREE years ago) and only parts of it will begin to take effective in January 2014. Yet it is to blame for the United States government being shut down now.

The outcome is that the Republicans are only hurting themselves. Elections (especially for the president spot) are decided by the "undecided" or moderates. Even though politically 2016 is a long way off, I'd be surprised if some Pub-heads didn't roll come this time next year.

Yeah, Wyoming is super duper red too :( Reading the opinion column in the paper is super depressing these last couple days like "All these RINOs that didn't stand up for Ted Cruz should be voted out" wow... um... wow... but this is the best explanation I've seen of the whole thing so far:

GOP — "Can we burn down your home?"

Democrats — "No"

GOP — "Just the 2nd floor?"

Democrats — "No"

GOP — "The Garage?"

Democrats — "No"

GOP — "Let's talk about what we can burn down."

Democrats — "No"

GOP — "YOU AREN'T COMPROMISING!"

I am tired of it all. They had 4 years to try to change this law. They tried to repeal it 42 times. They even brought the Supreme Court into the fight. And then they wait till the last possible moment and hold us hostage. They are crazy and make me sick. You can't negotiate with morons. Oh and I am tired of liberal being a dirty word.

Yocan count me as annoyed, and I'm in California, which is about as blue a state as you can get. The whole thing is ridiculous!

Is it too late to move to Canada?

This is exactly what is going on.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/09/house-gops-legislative-strike.html

It sucks that people who work for the gov't are layed off/furloughed over this nonsense, but in the end it is probably the best thing for the moment... The President will not negotiate with these clowns anymore, nor should he.

The GOP plays dirty, dishonest, and utterly irresponsible politics. Simple as that. They have only one strategy: Throw everything and the kitchen sink at President Obama. Their denial escapes me, but they know their "strategy" isn't working and they're panicking.

Vote these assholes out in 2014, I say. Enough is enough.

Constitutional Amendment to Freeze Congress' Pay During Government Shutdown

Quote by kiddkasper

Constitutional Amendment to Freeze Congress' Pay During Government Shutdown

Sounds fair to me..