They don't know exactly, but it's for a good reason, a very good reason, certainly not a frivolous reason, certainly not out of petty pride. The other day I noted that the GOP may want to stop whining about Obama 'suggesting that their stupid or crazy' as it might seem that they only did this because he wasn't being nice to them.
Then the resident rabid Obama hating Republican, Patrick Sullivan declared that when the President says mean things about Republicans he not only hurts feelings, he also leads the Dow to drop 100 points.
Well, Obama has finally done it. He moved the Dow down today with his simpering speech. After all these years, it finally can't be denied that the guy is in over his head.
http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2013/10/yes-jeff-harwood-obama-has-tried-to.html
Yeah, the market isn't worried about a government shutdown and a debt ceiling default in the space of weeks. They just don't like when Obama says something Republicans don't like. So what is the government shutdown over anyway? It's not Obamacare. The GOP hasn't talked about Obamacare since the shutdown.
According to the chair of the NRCC, Greg Walden, it's to please the Tea Party even though it's acknowledged that the Tea Party is nuts.
"Why, they asked, did the GOP seem so in the thrall of its most extremist wing? The donors, banker types who occupy the upper reaches of Wall Street’s towers, couldn’t understand why the Republican Party—their party—seemed close to threatening the nation with a government shutdown, never mind a default if the debt ceiling isn’t raised later this month."
Then the resident rabid Obama hating Republican, Patrick Sullivan declared that when the President says mean things about Republicans he not only hurts feelings, he also leads the Dow to drop 100 points.
Well, Obama has finally done it. He moved the Dow down today with his simpering speech. After all these years, it finally can't be denied that the guy is in over his head.
http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2013/10/yes-jeff-harwood-obama-has-tried-to.html
Yeah, the market isn't worried about a government shutdown and a debt ceiling default in the space of weeks. They just don't like when Obama says something Republicans don't like. So what is the government shutdown over anyway? It's not Obamacare. The GOP hasn't talked about Obamacare since the shutdown.
According to the chair of the NRCC, Greg Walden, it's to please the Tea Party even though it's acknowledged that the Tea Party is nuts.
"Why, they asked, did the GOP seem so in the thrall of its most extremist wing? The donors, banker types who occupy the upper reaches of Wall Street’s towers, couldn’t understand why the Republican Party—their party—seemed close to threatening the nation with a government shutdown, never mind a default if the debt ceiling isn’t raised later this month."
"Listen,” Walden said, according to several people present. “We have to do this because of the Tea Party. If we don’t, these guys are going to get primaried and they are going to lose their primary.”
Nothing petty about that... Well, there's surely nothing unpetty about that anyway.
Perhaps Marlin Stutzman of Indiana is most honest. The Republicans need something to save face.
Republican Congressman Marlin Stutzman (IN) walked back remarks saying that Republicans "have to get something" out of the government shutdown impasse even though they "don't know what that even is."
"On Thursday, Stutzman released a statement saying he misspoke.
"Yesterday, I carelessly misrepresented the ongoing budget debate and Speaker Boehner’s work on behalf of the American people," Stutzman said in a statement. "Despite my remarks it’s clear that the American people want both parties to come to the table to reopen the government, tackle this nation’s debt crisis, and stop ObamaCare’s pain."
A day earlier, the Washington Examiner reported Stutzman saying "We're not going to be disrespected."
"We have to get something out of this. And I don't know what that even is," Stutzman said.
President Barack Obama repeatedly called out Stutzman's remarks at a speech in Maryland on Thursday.
While no one can say that you can't full any of the American people any of the time, this shows they do get it sometimes. Most Americans are aware that this shutdown has nothing to do with what's good for the country and everything about the Republican party and it's pitiful attempts to 'save face' or 'not be disrespected.'
What is the pain and discomfort of millions next to their hurt feelings? So obviously Patrick is right. The market only drops when Republicans feel like they've been 'dissed.'
Stutzman's unfortunate pique of honesty is also suggested in Boehner's declaring that 'both sides have to get something out of this, neither can get everything it wants.' What exactly does he purport to offer Democrats? Not very much; just not shutting down the government and no debt ceiling default?
Ie, they can have their hostages back as long as they pay the GOP it's outrageous blackmail demands.
Obama is so impotent he couldn't even keep the Dow down for more than a day.
ReplyDeletePatrick you're in the right party. You make as little sense as the rest of the GOPers. You're supposed to be a Market Monetarist and yet you believe Obama has the power to move the markets.
ReplyDeleteMe, I'm going long tin foil. In an effort to impose austerity and less government spending the Republicans have shut down the government, furloughed workers, and agreed to give the overpaid, lazy government workers a paid vacation. In the words of the great Baldric from Black Adder the Republicans "have a cunning plan."
ReplyDeleteNanute! I was very worried about you-I was about to hire a private detective as to your whereabouts. Appreciate you showing up when you did and saving me the money-as you know I have so little of it.
ReplyDeleteI now-which you probably know if you've been reading as I know you do-have one full time job that pays me a little though still not that much. It's $400 a week-before taxes so really about $330 per week.
Nevertheless with all this moolah I'm still not too proud for my benefactor to take me to Popeye's sometime-though I don't get off till 5 now so I don't know about schedules.
In any case I love your Black Adder reference so much that it deserves to be the title of my next post.