Well, WILL it be the Democrats that will be shutting down the Federal Government? - Granite Grok

Well, WILL it be the Democrats that will be shutting down the Federal Government?

democrat-baby-smallIt is less than 2 hours before the Feds run out of money (though it could be said that with an $18 Trillion debt, that happened a long time ago).  Frankly, I am ticked that the Republicans that won HUGE just last month have been caving in on what the Dems have wanted.  But, since the Dems are not getting EVERYTHING they want in this CRomnibus (even as it was their leadership that helped to draw it up), there are things on which they cannot allow.  One such thing being US Senator Elizabeth Warren (Uber-Progressive from MA) is seems to be acting like a Progressive version of Ted Cruz who WILL NOT allow one iota of her baby, the Federal Consumer Protection Bureau, be touched.  She is willing to burn down the entire Government than allow a single hair of that entity be mussed and has done all she can to rally the HOUSE Dems to vote this thing down.

Remember this line from her during the shutdown that the Dems blamed on the Rs: “Hostage taking is all they have left. A last gasp for those that can’t face reality“.  How those words hitting you now, Senator Fauxcahontus? 

But there are Republicans that see this as a last chance to defund the activities stemming from Obama Executive Amnesty Order – and this CRomnibus not doing that so they are voting it down as well in large enough numbers so as to force Speaker “Crying Face” Boehner to depend on the Democrats to put through his agenda on this.

I keep shaking my head as too often what you see in DC is what is happening here in Concord (e.g., the Democrat appointed Speaker Shawn Jasper who absolutely needed the Democrats to screw over the Republican caucus to get that title).

I also repeat – let it shutdown.  It has grown too big, too intrusive, and too much putting itself first than serving its original Masters – the States and certainly the Citizens that should be served and not harassed (for nothing says harassment like when the EPA threatens a middle income coupe with 6 digit fines PER DAY for doing something on their own property that the EPA doesn’t like).  We’ve got 50 more government right behind it.  Frankly, defund it all except for the few functions it Constitutionally SHOULD be doing (and more often, failing to do them WELL because it does too much).  And then the States pick up the other stuff (which in many cases, they are all ready to do – like their own version of the EPA).

Of course, I’ll get the hate mail from those that just can’t believe we can function without a top-down, expensive, and controlling Washington.  That’s nothing more than being intellectually lazy.  But I digress.

So, how will the media play this  – especially if it is the Democrats are the ones that kill it?  Yes, the Party that ALREADY got killed in November (er, almost made into a regional party only) – how will Americans treat them next time around?

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