It really is pretty simple. One side wants one thing, the other side wants something close, but no cigar. Republicans are playing for negotiation to push them to support something that they dont want, democrats are going for the long game, an attempt to destroy opposition and get everything that they want without giving anything in.
Barack Obama is a radical, just like we are. He will make his position sound like he just wants to prevent shutdowns in the future (he can't) or that he is the only one who cares about working families (he doesn't really), but he is just playing a game. He will let it go long because he wants to win.
One way or the other, we will force sacrifice on their end. This is hurting their supporters. We will make it go for a month, longer and they will default on loans, be forced to cancel trips, cut back on cable. It is a question of whether the political elites who represent them will pay the price, or the constituents who cant afford it. But there is no such thing as getting what you want and sacrificing nothing, Barack just wants to make you think that there is. If I lose personally, I would find solace that my opponents lost as well. I don't appreciate it when people don't want to negotiate as I love to negotiate all day long.
There is a price to be paid for having all of your supporters beholden to government (except for a few saints, you know who you are). When we figure out a way to turn off the spigot, your side suffers disproportionately.
I have no idea if any Republicans think like me, so this is just my attempt to rationalize actions by political circles that I cannot possibly understand. I haven't watched fox news in years, never listen to talk radio. This is just what I would do when facing an opposition and their nonchalant minions. It is just banter, before you get your panties in a bunch. I don't really like Democrats and I don't care about all of the stuff that people have accumulated, so give me a break before you are say that we are ruining peoples "livelihoods". It is just stuff. If they want it bad enough, they should be asking their Senators to negotiate.
This is politics in a democratic system, not violence in an Islamic theocracy, not a communist overthrow, not feudal raiding of villages with all of the raping and killing. We aren't the devil. If you want something that we have, get ready to give us something that we want. Stop whining.
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