Rep. Scott Tipton (R): "I Never Voted To Shut Down Government"

[angka]

Source: Colorado Pols

The fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, disapprove of the GOP-controlled House because of their behavior leading to the government shutdown makes this an especially noteworthy denial. In addition, polling shows growing personal vulnerability for Tipton in the wake of the shutdown.

By repeatedly voting for resolutions tying operation of the government to conditions neither the Senate nor the President would ever accept, it is the judgment of most Americans that Tipton and his fellow House Republicans did indeed, repeatedly, "vote to shut down the government." Republicans demanded concessions in exchange for what the President and the public considered their basic fiduciary duties, and their choice to continue making such demands for two weeks after the shutdown is what prolonged it. It was only after the polls showed unrecoverable disaster for Republicans that they relented, ultimately passing a resolution with none of their demands.

Read more: http://coloradopols.com/diary/51352/tipton-i-never-voted-to-shut-down-government

[Rebellious Republican]

1. These guys need to be exposed at every turn.

[RussBLib]

2. the GOP really does live in a bubble

They were convinced that Romney was going to beat Obama...

They thought the Dems and Obama would be blamed for the shutdown?

They think women won't mind all these intrusions into their personal lives?

FOX News is certainly part of the bubble.

I'm not sure if it's a good thing or not. They keep blundering into stupid situations because of the bubble, but at the same time, progress gets sorely delayed because of it.

[Berlum]

3. Guilty as charged = Republicons Against America

Republicons just do not do the Rep\sponsibility thing. Always trying to weasel out of responsibility.

Tippy (R) You are So Busted.

[Dopers_Greed]

4. The Lee Atwater strategy

Everyone will see your lie...

But only a few will bother fact-checking it.

[calimary]

13. Welcome to DU, Dopers_Greed!

Glad you're here! Amazing, isn't it? DAMN I hated lee atwater. I knew he was bad. One hates to see the evil succeed. He's long dead but the damage he inflicted continues unabated!!! It's gonna take a generation or two to clean up the mess he helped to make.

[mckara]

5. What a Weasel

I wasn't planning to vote for him anyway.

[lastlib]

11. Hey! That's an insult to Weasels!

Take it back! "Pond-scum-sucking maggots", OK--but not weasels!

[benld74]

6. Well the applause and whoots he got at the end of that speaks volumes for

the fools who put him in office to begin with.

[dem in texas]

7. Liar!

Liar, liar, Pants on fire!

[IrishAyes]

8. All the Repukes are liars. I hope they all get voted out

and then thrown under the jail, after which they're welcome to burn in hell. I'd be willing to go there myself if I could operate the bellows.

[awoke_in_2003]

9. What is it they say about guilty dogs? nt

[IrishAyes]

10. Something about returning to their own vomit?

[awoke_in_2003]

14. Not what I was thinking...

but I like it I was thinking of the saying "the guilty dog barks first"

[IrishAyes]

16. I like canine references.

Someone recently dredged up an ancient Mideastern proverb: The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.

[freshwest]

12. Their relentless lie and distraction machine will be in overdrive for the next 12 months,..

[okaawhatever]

15. Well, now we know how they are going to play this. They will all claim they didn't "vote" to shutdow

the government and they'll be technically correct. There wasn't a vote to shutdown the government. It will be our job to educate others. The truth must come out.

[angka]

17. Pretty much.

Their goal is to lie faster and harder than the truth can keep up. It's pretty much all they have left now.