Ayotte to Cruz: What’s your shutdown endgame?

[Disir]

Sen. Kelly Ayotte (N.H.) is pressing fellow Republican Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) to reveal his “strategy for success” as he risks a government shutdown in an attempt to end federal funding of Planned Parenthood.

In a letter to Cruz on Thursday, Ayotte demanded to know why the firebrand Texas senator — and presidential candidate — is so strongly pushing legislation that the party can't pass.

“It is abundantly clear that we lack the votes in the Senate to redirect these funds,” Ayotte, one of four female Republicans in the Senate, wrote in the letter.
She goes out of her way to distance herself from a government shutdown — ”particularly when it appears there is no chance of achieving a successful result.”

Two years after Cruz took a stand on ObamaCare that resulted in a government shutdown but no policy changes, Ayotte said she is asking him to reveal his hand about what he hopes to achieve.

“ would appreciate you sharing your strategy for success with all of us before any damaging government shutdown becomes imminent,” she wrote in the letter, which was first obtained by the New Hampshire news station WMUR.
Ayotte to Cruz: What’s your shutdown endgame?

He has to realize that he will lose big time.

 

[Mac1958]

Cruz & Co have apparently convinced themselves that Americans just love it when they "take a stand" and shut down the government.

You would think they recognize that elections have consequences, and that not having enough votes would mean something.

I'm not sure where they got this idea, but that's where we are.
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[ScienceRocks]

Yeah, let's shut down our ability to warn people from deadly storms, diseases, bad food, shut down our national parks and withhold tens of billions of funding for infrastructure, science and r&d funding that keeps this nation in the lead...Just so some idiot named cruz can act like a fool with our economy.

Goddamn, I hate this bastard.

 

[Stephanie]

My gawd, stop letting them play this fearmongeing on you. what they shut down the last time. our PARKS and our Memorials. . AND you Obots cheered them doing it. so give us a break over this freaking government shutdown. they can shut down half the freaking agencies like the EPA, NEA, BLM, etc and we'd save MILLIONS upon millions.
so sick of this game, why aren't the rest of you in this country? this Federal Government is now a Federal Monster that is CONSUMING us all to keep feeding it. wake up

here's what Obama ordered to be shut down in the last one. he figured he'd SHOW you the people who goes against him and his wants


He shut down our Vietnam Memorial to our vets in what could be their LAST chance at traveling




but they stood tall against "their Federal Government" who under Obama spit on them to make a point.

 

[NYcarbineer]

The endgame is simple. The GOP will lose, the government will reopen, and the RWnuts and all their puppetmasters in the RW propaganda machine will pretend it was the Democrats' fault.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Perhaps when she can be honest someone might give a damn about what she has too say

 

[eagle1462010]

Our Gov't shut down back in the 90's.........several times.............we are still here and the chicken little stories didn't happen..........

It forced Clinton to make changes, cuts to the budget including Welfare Reform, and then later they took credit for doing the same thing the shut downs forced them to do............................

The power of the purse was given to the Congress.............they have the right to use it.............even if the chicken little progs don't like it...................Most of the Gov't continues to operate normally........................and it is a way to stop the BS of Obama...................

I'd shut it down until significant cuts and changes are made..............Not via a promise either..........actual signed laws and cuts.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Yeah, let's shut down our ability to warn people from deadly storms, diseases, bad food, shut down our national parks and withhold tens of billions of funding for infrastructure, science and r&d funding that keeps this nation in the lead...Just so some idiot named cruz can act like a fool with our economy.

Goddamn, I hate this bastard.

Uhm, that has never happened... all that ever happens is parks close for a week or so and government leeches get a week paid vacation. It's a dream come true for government lard-asses.

 

[The Rabbi]

Why would Cruz reveal his endgame strategy? It's like Obama announcing a withdrawal date from Afghanistan.

 

[rightwinger]

The end game will be....Obama wins again

 

[bodecea]

My gawd, stop letting them play this fearmongeing on you. what they shut down the last time. our PARKS and our Memorials. . AND you Obots cheered them doing it. so give us a break over this freaking government shutdown. they can shut down half the freaking agencies like the EPA, NEA, BLM, etc and we'd save MILLIONS upon millions.
so sick of this game, why aren't the rest of you in this country? this Federal Government is now a Federal Monster that is CONSUMING us all to keep feeding it. wake up

here's what Obama ordered to be shut down in the last one. he figured he'd SHOW you the people who goes against him and his wants


He shut down our Vietnam Memorial to our vets in what could be their LAST chance at traveling




but they stood tall against "their Federal Government" who under Obama spit on them to make a point.

Seems to me, you bought right into the RW propaganda on the last shut down. Many important things were closed...but because your RW masters focused on a few Parks, that's what you are crying about........only. You are a useful tool for them.

 

[CowboyTed]

The end game will be....Obama wins again

Actually they win bigger this time. Defunding Planned Parenthood of money to help women's healthcare is a massive looser in the polls...
At the moment the issue is well away from low information voters to see this as a Abortion issue..
Shutdown the government and the GOP will get day after day of defunding womens issues...

At some point someone will explain to RW nuts that Planned Parenthood is the single biggest organisation which actively reduces the amount of Abortions by its help in contraception. That same contraception that the GOP are trying to defund.

The the fiscal conservatives will realise who has to pay for all these unwanted babies... Guest what taxpayers money... So now they are paying 100k a pop for these babies...

So please ... Shutdown the government...

 

[rightwinger]

In the end....Obama will walk away unscathed and Republicans will feel the wrath of the public
A year before the Presidential elections too

 

[konradv]

My gawd, stop letting them play this fearmonge(r)ing

The people have a right to know who's shutting down the government and why. Sadly, it's a repeat of the Republicans throwing a tantrum, when they don't get their way. The voters have rejected that tactic in the past, but apparently Cruz et al. haven't learned from history.

 

[CowboyTed]

My gawd, stop letting them play this fearmonge(r)ing

The people have a right to know who's shutting down the government and why. Sadly, it's a repeat of the Republicans throwing a tantrum, when they don't get their way. The voters have rejected that tactic in the past, but apparently Cruz et al. haven't learned from history.

Cruz is getting ejected from the GOP race... He needs something quick. He thinks stirring up the crazies will help, it is a shot...
Again this all works for Hillary, while not having the great run herself, the GOP clown car keeps on making her look good. By the time the GOP circus is finished all the candidates will have said things and done things which will turn off the independents in droves....

The email so call scandal is nothing compared to what these idiots are at...

 

[The Rabbi]

In the end....Obama will walk away unscathed and Republicans will feel the wrath of the public
A year before the Presidential elections too

Yeah the last time it happened the GOP really suffered at the polls.
Oh wait, no. The GOP had one of the strongest showings in history.
Oops.

 

[konradv]

In the end....Obama will walk away unscathed and Republicans will feel the wrath of the public A year before the Presidential elections too

Yeah the last time it happened the GOP really suffered at the polls. Oh wait, no. The GOP had one of the strongest showings in history.
Oops.

We're coming up on the 20th anniversary of the election that proved what a bad tactic it was the first time. They're both presidential election years, more meaningful than any off-year triumphs.

 

[BluesLegend]

Here we go again with the lying ass left, the Dem's refuse to vote for a budget and a Dem president veto's the budget and its the GOP who shut the government down?

 

[konradv]

Here we go again with the lying ass left, the Dem's refuse to vote for a budget and a Dem president veto's the budget and its the GOP who shut the government down?

It's about time you understood. The question is, can you get Cruz to understand, too?

 

[Davros]

My gawd, stop letting them play this fearmongeing on you. what they shut down the last time. our PARKS and our Memorials. . AND you Obots cheered them doing it. so give us a break over this freaking government shutdown. they can shut down half the freaking agencies like the EPA, NEA, BLM, etc and we'd save MILLIONS upon millions.
so sick of this game, why aren't the rest of you in this country? this Federal Government is now a Federal Monster that is CONSUMING us all to keep feeding it. wake up

here's what Obama ordered to be shut down in the last one. he figured he'd SHOW you the people who goes against him and his wants


He shut down our Vietnam Memorial to our vets in what could be their LAST chance at traveling




but they stood tall against "their Federal Government" who under Obama spit on them to make a point.

The shutdown cost money. It didn't save money.

We know you Market Worshipers want the government (other than the Military Industrial Complex) shut down permanently so that the False Utopia promised to you by the Market God can be unleashed. But that's not reality.