{"id":38998,"date":"2013-10-02T21:48:59","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T03:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/02\/were-doomed.html"},"modified":"2013-10-03T18:15:42","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T00:15:42","slug":"were-doomed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/02\/were-doomed.html","title":{"rendered":"We're doomed"},"content":{"rendered":"
So long, America. It was great knowing you. \u00a0Maybe some other country with a semi-functional government will adopt us. \u00a0Canada, perhaps.<\/p>\n

'\u201cWe\u2019re not going to be disrespected,\u201d conservative Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., added. \u201cWe have to get something out of this. And I don\u2019t know what that even is.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

[…] Just as important, however, is the marker Boehner has laid down in this fight and how his caucus would react if he suddenly reversed course and supported a clean budget bill. Boehner originally opposed linking Obamacare to the government funding bill, but gave in to conservatives' demands. Republicans say the speaker has been forceful in closed-door meetings on the funding bill but his credibility could be indelibly damaged if he caves in to Democratic demands now.<\/i><\/p>\n

Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., who is close with leadership, suggested that the House majority is prepared to withhold support for a government funding bill and the debt ceiling increase if Democrats continue to refuse to negotiate a compromise. But Republicans are not going to give Democrats the "clean" funding bill they're demanding, he said. \u201cWhy in the world would you do that?\u201d Cole said of the clean funding bill. \u201cThat\u2019s basically, at this point, a surrender to the Democratic position.\u201d'<\/i><\/p>\n

Yes, it's stopped being about principle. Or about payoffs. Or even about electability. \u00a0It's now about winning \/ not losing, no matter what the cost.<\/p>\n

The big problem being, we're all passengers on the kamikaze<\/i> planes they're piloting toward their destiny.<\/div>\n

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GOP stands firm against funding bill, will link to debt ceiling fight | WashingtonExaminer.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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So long, America. It was great knowing you. \u00a0Maybe some other country with a semi-functional government will adopt us. \u00a0Canada, perhaps. '\u201cWe\u2019re not going to be disrespected,\u201d conservative Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., added. \u201cWe have to get something out of this. And I don\u2019t know what that even is.\u201d […] Just as important, however, is … Continue reading “We're doomed”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,358],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-poor-citizenship"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":128166,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/26\/some-more-articles-on-the-boehner-resignation.html","url_meta":{"origin":38998,"position":0},"title":"Some more articles on the Boehner resignation","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 26-Sep-15 4:50am","format":false,"excerpt":"The irony is that Boehner is, in fact, deeply conservative -- but interested in government that works. 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