Tea party ringleader (Heritage CEO) admits the GOP shut down the government for nothing

[kpete]

WED OCT 16, 2013 AT 08:07 AM PDT
Tea party ringleader admits the GOP shut down the government for nothing
by Jed Lewison

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It might be hard to believe that anyone would admit to such a thing, but Wednesday morning on Fox News, that's exactly what Heritage Action CEO Michael Needham did. He started out by explaining that Republicans had shut down the government because they don't want to "allow" Obamacare to "go forward" because they believe it must be stopped "before January 1":

The reason the government is shut down is Obamacare is unfair, it's unaffordable, it's unworkable, every single day there's more evidence of that coming out. House Republicans have remained strong in saying we are not going to let this bill go forward. We're not going to allow this to be inflicted on the American people. [...]

I think that almost every member of the House Republican conference, if not all of them, is deeply concerned about Obamacare, and knows that we have to do something before January 1 to stop it.

Then, less than sixty seconds later, he admitted that this strategy was doomed:

Well, everybody knows that we're not going to be able to repeal this law until 2017, and that we have to win the Senate and win the White House.

MORE:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/16/1247832/-Tea-party-ringleader-admits-the-GOP-shut-down-the-government-for-nothing

[MindMover]

1. Time for the lawsuits to begin and get this right wing propaganda machine shutdown ...

[kentauros]

7. That's a much better idea than was coming to my mind.

Which was to build a 50-foot wall around them and fill the interior with cement.

[Tom Rinaldo]

2. "we have to win the Senate and win the White House."

How's that strategy goin' for you?

[woodsprite]

4. Remember, they own the voting machines.

That somehow needs to be dealt with.

[riqster]

5. Turnout is what we need.

Machine rigging is effective in close elections: big margins make it riskier.

[woodsprite]

6. Yup! OVERWHELMING DEM TURNOUT! n/t

[riqster]

8. Damn skippy.

That's how we won in 2008 and 2012.

[JHB]

3. He's also on Wingnut Welfare

Details at
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3861794

[Coyotl]

9. They stalled the Obama Economic Recovery = mission accomplished.

At the magic show, always watch the other hand.