Under FDR the nation had one-man government, euphemistically called the 'Imperial Presidency.'
We lost the Constitution.
We are about to see whether or not this nation becomes a one-party government....essentially
a totalitarian monarchy.
1."Rubio: ‘I don’t think you can say you are
against Obamacare if you vote for a budget that funds it’
2. WASHINGTON — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and other conservative lawmakers sent a clear message to their fellow Republicans on Thursday: get on board with their strategy for defunding Obamacare
or lose your conservative credibility.
3. ....I think it’s outrageous that the president and his allies are threatening to shutdown the American government if it doesn’t fund the Obamacare law.”
4.
Rubio made the comments alongside other senators — including
Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah — who have pledged not to support any resolution that continues funding the federal government if President Obama’s health-care law remains funded.
5. ....if this thing goes into effect beginning Oct. 1, with the exchanges and all the mandates that start kicking in, it will be do
irreparable damage to our economy and to our country.”
6. ....Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn said last week. “It’s a terribly dangerous and not successful strategy.”
Rubio tells Republicans to get on board defunding Obamacare strategy | The Daily Caller
Is this a 'terribly dangerous' and failing strategy???
7. "...what happened in
November of 1995 is very misleading.
R
epublicans certainly did not suffer at the polls. They lost only nine House seats, a relatively trivial number after a net gain of 54 in 1994. They actually
added to their majority in the Senate, picking up two seats in the 1996 cycle.
8. More important, they
succeeded in dramatically reducing the growth of federal spending. They did not get everything they wanted, to be sure, but government
spending grew by just 2.9 percent during the first four years of GOP control, helping to turn a $164 billion deficit in 1995 into a $126 billion surplus in 1999. And they enacted a big tax cut in 1997.
9.
If that’s what happens when Republicans are defeated, I hope the GOP loses again this year.
10. So what actually happened in 1995, and why do Republicans have such unpleasant memories?"
Winning the Government-Shutdown Fight | National Review Online
We are about to find out if there is any hope of a two-party system in the United States.