{"id":4516,"date":"2011-04-07T03:12:28","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T10:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4516"},"modified":"2011-04-07T03:12:28","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T10:12:28","slug":"boehner-is-lying-about-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/07\/boehner-is-lying-about-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Boehner is Lying about Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Boehner (R-Joe\u2019s Bar and Tanning Studio) claims that Republicans do not want a government shutdown and deceitfully blames failure to negotiate by Democrats.  That is a lie, expected because Republicans could not be elected without lying.   There is ample evidence that it is Republicans, not Democrats, that are setting the stage for a shutdown.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"BonerOrange\"As a government shutdown looms, President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D), and House Speaker John Boehner (R) are locked in ongoing discussions<\/a> over an appropriations bill that would keep the government running. However, even as Obama has offered three-quarters of what Republicans are demanding, Boehner has thus far refused to budge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The reason for Boehner\u2019s intransigence is increasingly clear: as Republicans and Democratic lawmakers negotiate, Boehner is giving the Tea Party veto-power<\/strong>. Sen. Chuck Schumer detailed<\/a> this point while discussing the ongoing negotiations on Good Morning America this week, noting that \u201cThe tea party just continues to pull Speaker Boehner further back and back and back. They\u2019re the people who say they don\u2019t want compromise. They\u2019re the people who say they relish a shutdown.\u201d Still, Boehner and other Republican leaders have asserted<\/a> that Democrats are the only ones who want to see a government shutdown. (A ThinkProgress compilation video<\/a> shows otherwise.)\u2026 [emphasis added]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Now it\u2019s clear that government shutdown is part of Teabuggery dogma.<\/font><\/p>\n