(October 6, 2013 at 7:49 pm)Airyaman Wrote:(October 6, 2013 at 5:10 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: In fairness, it wasn't their fault. The GOP pushed the button. They alone are responsible for the results.
Honest people will admit both sides are at fault. This was not the moment to go at Obamacare again, so the GOP was at fault for that. Now Obama and Reid refuse to give an inch and publicly admit that it is their way or nothing. Both sides are acting like children.
What "inch" shall they give? The only "inch" the Tea Baggers will accept is defunding of Obamacare. The President has said that is non-negotiable, given that it IS the law of the land, passed by both houses of Congress, reviewed and affirmed by the Supreme Court as Constitutional.
The Republicans have chosen to take the American public as hostage in order to defund what is already settled law. The Republicans own this one, and everyone who follows politics even peripherally knows it.
They act like they're attempting to sit down and negotiate over a bill, rather than a settled law. It's a ruse, and most see through it.
