tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15878861.post7546476783447076629..comments2023-10-07T06:15:51.062-04:00Comments on Cross Speak Independent: When did extortion become synonymous with negotiation?Cross Speak Independenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127169778850806485noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15878861.post-65365600459680775952013-10-06T16:43:52.720-04:002013-10-06T16:43:52.720-04:00Perhaps you didn't know that the full Senate p...Perhaps you didn't know that the full Senate passed a non-partisan bill to fund the government which did not have any stipulations built in to defund Obamacare, yet John Boehner is not allowing it to be voted on in the House. Dems and some GOPers believe they have the votes to pass such a "clean" continuing resolution to fund the government. <br /><br />Perhaps you also didn't know that Harry Reid and the Democrats have compromised on that bill to reduce the funding down to near the Ryan Budget funding levels. Yet John Boehner still will not allow the vote in the House.<br /><br />Republican offers for funding certain parts of the government (their choice) or reducing some of Obamacare are simply delaying tactics that hold the country hostage. <br /><br />Republican leadership is guilty of holding the country hostage in order to get their demands. That is extortion and they should be held legally liable if any harm comes to America's economy.<br /><br />The pain that you think the President is causing is really coming from House Republicans. Try to open your mind and realize that your father's Republican party is no longer the same party it once was. It's time for you to use your own mind to evaluate what's right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15878861.post-79036615746830873002013-10-06T14:57:22.281-04:002013-10-06T14:57:22.281-04:00so, your community organizer, big labor President ...so, your community organizer, big labor President says that he cannot believe that anyone would shut something down just to prove a point - even though his previous jobs, and his supporters do exactly that, go on strike to get what they want. <br />Why does no one call out this hypocrisy?<br /><br />The President is purposely causing as much pain as possible just to win, for example stopping movies and football games to soldiers overseas, shutting down the Mt Vernon parking lot (which is half privately owned), spending more on shutting down attractions than is spent on actually running them, etc. and yet, no one calls him out on this. <br />To continue, Harry Reid refusing to partially fund the govt to allow medical testing to continue, open the monuments, etc.<br /><br />Where are the answers to the above? Am I wrong? And please don't bring up other stuff, this isn't moral tit for tat - I am asking simply if the above actions are wrong, and should a President be stooping so low?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com