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so, the only thing republicans got out of the shutdown was ...slightly stronger verification of income for Obamacare subsidies? $24 billion out of the economy and we'll be playing this same game in three months when the current deal reaches its end. meanwhile, the head of the heritage foundation said this yesterday: "everybody knows that we're not going to be able to repeal this law until 2017, and that we have to win the Senate and win the White House." followed by Raul Labrador saying it's "absolutely false" that the gop wanted to repeal Obamacare, even though he cast quite a few votes to do just that of the 42 (and counting) repeal bills. which begs the question, WTF was this shutdown really about if not the repeal of Obamacare? i mean, besides ted cruz stroking his own ego in front of everyone....
so, the only thing republicans got out of the shutdown was ...slightly stronger verification of income for Obamacare subsidies? $24 billion out of the economy and we'll be playing this same game in three months when the current deal reaches its end. meanwhile, the head of the heritage foundation said this yesterday: "everybody knows that we're not going to be able to repeal this law until 2017, and that we have to win the Senate and win the White House." followed by Raul Labrador saying it's "absolutely false" that the gop wanted to repeal Obamacare, even though he cast quite a few votes to do just that of the 42 (and counting) repeal bills. which begs the question, WTF was this shutdown really about if not the repeal of Obamacare? i mean, besides ted cruz stroking his own ego in front of everyone....
"party of fiscal responsibility" cost taxpayers $24 billion to shutdown the government for no reason
- 17/10/2013 06:05:34 PM
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Gene Wilder vs Al Pacinio? *NM*
- 17/10/2013 06:08:29 PM
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I think Pacino is clearly the superior actor *NM*
- 18/10/2013 04:39:31 AM
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Gene has a better singing voice though 
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- 18/10/2013 03:00:49 PM
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- 18/10/2013 03:00:49 PM
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True, damn you for reminding me, I'm going to have "Pure Imagination" stuck in my head all day 
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- 18/10/2013 05:59:39 PM
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- 18/10/2013 05:59:39 PM
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Semantics, but technically true (I think). Defunding is not the same as repealing.
- 17/10/2013 08:59:19 PM
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The government was shut down?
- 17/10/2013 11:42:56 PM
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+1 - Nobody even noticed, except those on welfare .....
- 20/10/2013 08:05:10 PM
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And those in the military, and those that work for the government.. .
- 25/10/2013 04:39:21 PM
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Oh - and the fireman I know who has waited TWO years to go to this specialized training..
- 25/10/2013 04:40:44 PM
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