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I understand the tinker toys simplistic non-context answer, but the context, as it was in 95 and 11, is that that the House will try to force the POTUS to sign something that they know he will not. You can try to paint that Clinton shut down the govt in 95.....or that Obama nearly did in 11....or that the sequester was his idea.....or that he will once again do it in this next go around, but this is how insane conservatives have become, how far they remove themselves from reality. They cannot, will not, take credit for what they want.....they try to blame the other side. And further, they think they get away with the lie.
Yawn.....why do you think this old POS rhetorical nonsense is going to get further discussion from me, I trashed this last year. Leave it buried, it still stinks.
Better yet....secede. Go ahead.
I could be wrong, but from my recollection, 1995 was pretty good for the country if it wasn't so great for Republicans based on the short-sightedness of the American electorate. What the Republicans accomplished in 1995 was at least a pause in the spend until death, full steam ahead to bankruptcy, path your country was on and got some much needed spending cuts and welfare reform out of Clinton as well as some tax relief, each of which led to a booming economy in the latter half of the decade leading into the new millenium. That's not such a bad accomplishment.
If shutting down the government gets Obama off his ass and off the campaign bus and into serious negotiations moving forward, that will also be a good thing for the country. And considering the far greater focus of the American people on both the economy and the deficit/debt situation, it will likely help, not hurt Republicans this time around.