Government Shutdown Watch: 2023

[newwurldmn]

And the September, 2023 award for Dumbest in D.C.‡ goes to ...
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/09/jamaal-bowman-pulled-a-fire-alarm-on-capitol-hill.html#:~:text=Bowman, speaking to reporters later,to expel Bowman from Congress.


‡for thinking anyone would believe that

almost as terrible as giving tours to insurrectionists on Jan 5

 

[Mercor]

It looks like democrats saved the day.

republicans get no credit as they couldn’t do it on their own with their majority.

Finally Democrats blink and decide to help the people.
They were not sure who would get the blame for the shutdown so they didn't want to take the risk
Another big win for McCarthy

 

[newwurldmn]

Finally Democrats blink and decide to help the people.
They were not sure who would get the blame for the shutdown so they didn't want to take the risk
Another big win for McCarthy

Democrats save the day because republicans can’t govern.

McCarthy so impotent he can’t even get his own party to save the government, he needs democrats.

 

[UsualName]

Sounds like some butt hurt there because some of your guys crossed over.

You want to walk away from this with a shutdown to blame on Republicans.

Again, you are being asked to start thinking like an American rather than a democrat. We know that it does not come easily for you.

Silly goose. You came in at the end of the conversation without knowing the context of the statement. Rather typical for you.

Of course I’m not “butt hurt.” It’s stupid to shut down the government. Thanks to democrats we don’t have to be stupid.

 

[Tony Stark]

Finally Democrats blink and decide to help the people.
They were not sure who would get the blame for the shutdown so they didn't want to take the risk
Another big win for McCarthy

 

[exGOPer]

“We’re tired of fucking around with these whack jobs.”

— A House Republican lawmaker, quoted by Politico, after Republicans conceded they needed Democratic votes to pass a government funding bill.

 

[newwurldmn]

“We’re tired of fucking around with these whack jobs.”

— A House Republican lawmaker, quoted by Politico, after Republicans conceded they needed Democratic votes to pass a government funding bill.

the best part of republicans controlling the house, is you know nothing will get done.

 

[TreeFrogTrader]

Silly goose. You came in at the end of the conversation without knowing the context of the statement. Rather typical for you.

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I think that's probably true. I have over half the forum on ignore and I ignore much of what I can see so some threads are well under way before I see them.

GUILTY AS CHARGED.

Nevertheless, my assertion that you would like/wanted to see the pubs set themselves up so that you could use a shutdown to hang around their neck for political purposes stands. Sorry that did not work out for ya. Yet anyway.

 

[elderado]

And the September, 2023 award for Dumbest in D.C.‡ goes to ...
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/09/jamaal-bowman-pulled-a-fire-alarm-on-capitol-hill.html#:~:text=Bowman, speaking to reporters later,to expel Bowman from Congress.


‡for thinking anyone would believe that

Yep.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1708205230096060781

 

[TreeFrogTrader]

Yep.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1708205230096060781

Takes five minutes for the capitol police to declare that they have video of the fire alarm incident.

On the other hand, we are told that video of cocaine being dropped in a cubby hole over at the west wing or thereabouts cannot be retrieved in this lifetime.