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stanleyyelnatsdotCOM

(65 posts) Sat Jan 5, 2013, 05:20 PM Jan 2013

In the white room with black curtains near the station....

If Republican chose the path of obstruction and the government is shut down, what are the results of such action? What will happen to you and to me?

“I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a chance at shooting,” McConnell said.

“Most of us didn’t think that. What we did learn is this — it’s a hostage that’s worth ransoming.

And it focuses the Congress on something that must be done.”

Republicans continue to hold We the People Hostage so they can get their way.