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27. I think the repukes get their azz handed to them

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Sat Oct 5, 2013, 06:21 PM

Oct 2013

next week or so

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Selective Shutdown Over for Pentagon. The Light just got turned on the Kabuki Theater Stage [View all] leveymg Oct 2013 OP

Kabuki jberryhill Oct 2013 #1

Thanks leveymg Oct 2013 #34

*snort* jberryhill Oct 2013 #56

taking down the scenery now. nt grasswire Oct 2013 #2

Died in New Haven or headed to Broadway? leveymg Oct 2013 #35

People forget that Obama is fighting Kelvin Mace Oct 2013 #3

No, ProSense Oct 2013 #7

Can you distill that down to a few lines of confusion and obfuscation? leveymg Oct 2013 #8

Sure, ProSense Oct 2013 #9

What is your response to the points made in the OP, anyway? leveymg Oct 2013 #10

I don't know ProSense Oct 2013 #17

I really don't think this whole thing has been about Obamacare. leveymg Oct 2013 #19

In terms of points on the board, I'm not sure we're really ahead. leveymg Oct 2013 #37

Something like 97% of the EPA is furloughed riderinthestorm Oct 2013 #52

But of course that's at sequestration levels of funding... exactly. So, who wins? Austerians in leveymg Oct 2013 #55

Obama is an Austerian, is he not? So win, win for him? SammyWinstonJack Oct 2013 #70

He's not a full-blown deficit hawk, obviously, but he's the one who continues to bring up leveymg Oct 2013 #72

Here is the picture: Kelvin Mace Oct 2013 #14

Again, those are numbers. The CR is different from the Senate budget ProSense Oct 2013 #15

Yes, those are the Senate budget numbers. progressoid Oct 2013 #18

Yes, ProSense Oct 2013 #20

Seems the Austerians won. leveymg Oct 2013 #38

The CR the senate is demanding is for $986 billion Kelvin Mace Oct 2013 #22

Read the information at your link. ProSense Oct 2013 #24

You seem to skip right over that point. The CR budget is lower than the Sequester. How did we win? leveymg Oct 2013 #39

Good point. How does the original Obama budget differ from the CR? leveymg Oct 2013 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author woo me with science Oct 2013 #31

Game, set, and match to corporate looters in *both* parties. woo me with science Oct 2013 #32

PPP--"GOP could lose the House in 2014" ProSense Oct 2013 #36

General disgust and revulsion at Budget Austerity by Default seems pretty much bipartisan. leveymg Oct 2013 #40

Republicans' actions prove they're terrorists. They should lose big. Agree? n/t ProSense Oct 2013 #44

Those who are convinced of that are already convinced of that. Where's the net gain? leveymg Oct 2013 #51

As for ProSense Oct 2013 #41

If you say so Shivering Jemmy Oct 2013 #4

You may be right. Laelth Oct 2013 #5

Sometimes, I really hate being right about things like this. leveymg Oct 2013 #42

Been there. Still doing that. Laelth Oct 2013 #54

The libertarian dream n2doc Oct 2013 #6

Exactly. A military-industrial police state with liberal credentials. Almost a perfect blend of leveymg Oct 2013 #11

Something BIG is in the works. I question how much Obama knows and or is in control. Junkdrawer Oct 2013 #12

I see no holes in that theory. Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #26

Thanks... Junkdrawer Oct 2013 #28

Are you sure you're not just pulling cards out of the deck randomly? leveymg Oct 2013 #43

Yep... Junkdrawer Oct 2013 #59

I don't think the last Prez needed any bamboozling. leveymg Oct 2013 #60

The Cheney/Bush administration was the closest we ever got to direct rule by the Deep State. Junkdrawer Oct 2013 #61

To the contrary, I think they (whoever that may be) are getting pretty much everything they want leveymg Oct 2013 #62

Domestically, yes. Foreign policy wise, no. Junkdrawer Oct 2013 #63

Read it more carefully. Barack_America Oct 2013 #13

Well, good. progressoid Oct 2013 #21

Yep. I fear this is correct. cui bono Oct 2013 #23

Tea Party Line Item Veto by Default - that captures it pretty well. leveymg Oct 2013 #45

That is some pretty shitty analysis of this announcement Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #25

Wanna explain what you mean by that? leveymg Oct 2013 #49

I disagree. nt Mojorabbit Oct 2013 #76

I think the repukes get their azz handed to them flamingdem Oct 2013 #27

How will that happen? leveymg Oct 2013 #50

nah, nebenaube Oct 2013 #53

K&R woo me with science Oct 2013 #29

Thanks leveymg Oct 2013 #47

kick woo me with science Oct 2013 #30

Thnx leveymg Oct 2013 #48

kick woo me with science Oct 2013 #33

Thanks! leveymg Oct 2013 #46

kick nt grasswire Oct 2013 #57

I don't think you are supposed to notice that. n/t Egalitarian Thug Oct 2013 #58

LOL!!! That is the funniest post I have ever read on DU. Are you SURE this is DevonRex Oct 2013 #64

Glad you got the humor in this. leveymg Oct 2013 #65

Why delay an operation because of the lazy Republicans? DevonRex Oct 2013 #66

Not sure it all went off like clockwork, particularly in Somalia leveymg Oct 2013 #67

There'll always be something DevonRex Oct 2013 #68

I hope this doesn't go on through 10/17. Some may experience serious problems if it does. leveymg Oct 2013 #69

Every 2 weeks. DevonRex Oct 2013 #71

Then, this is going to hurt a lot of people. leveymg Oct 2013 #73

US shutdown a smokescreen for assault on Social Security, Medicare Octafish Oct 2013 #74

That was an incredibly depressing article, CrispyQ Oct 2013 #75