Obama Blasts GOP Government Shutdown Plot: 'Stop Governing By Crisis'

[Tx4obama]

Obama Blasts GOP Government Shutdown Plot: 'Stop Governing By Crisis'

President Barack Obama continued to hammer congressional Republicans on Saturday, urging them to "stop governing by crisis" in their efforts to defund his signature health care law.

The statement came at the Congressional Black Caucus dinner in Washington, a day after House Republicans passed a controversial stopgap spending bill that would shut down the federal government next month unless Obama and Senate Democrats agree to strip all funding for Obamacare implementation.

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"It's time for these folks to stop governing by crisis," Obama said, according to a transcript released by the White House Press Office, "and start focusing on what really matters: Creating new jobs, growing our economy, expanding opportunity for ourselves, looking after our children, doing something about the violence out there."

Obama adamantly insisted that any effort by Republicans to defund Obamacare is bound to fail.

"We will not negotiate over whether or not America should keep its word and meet its obligations," he said. "We're not going to allow anyone to inflict economic pain on millions of our own people just to make an ideological point."

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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/22/obama-government-shutdown-gop_n_3969884.html

[TheMastersNemesis]

1. I Have A Feeling The GOP Is Overjoyed By Its Strategy. They Aren't Listening.

[busterbrown]

3. i don’t understand the point.

They are not “listening”.. Thats part of their strategy,, When you hate someone you never listen...It might screw you up..

[nxylas]

4. The President wasm't actually talking to them, though

His intended audience was the Congressional Black Caucus first, and then the wider electorate. He needs to get the message out about Republican obstructionism, to counter the "both sides are equally responsible" crap being peddled by the media. After all, like Chuck Todd said, it's Obama's job to explain stuff, not journalists'.

[Cha]

2. Rope 'em in, PBO..

thanks Tx

[Tippy]

7. Right on. I hope he continues to do exacly what he is doing

[BlueDemKev]

5. Don't you DARE yield an INCH on Obamacare!!

NO delays, NOTHING.

[former9thward]

8. Way too late for that.

The employer mandate has been delayed as well as the cap on out of pocket expenses.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

6. A-Freakin-Men

He's not the only one who's tired of all of the budget drama that we've gone through since the Republicans got the keys to the House back.

[quadrature]

9. Feb. 2nd, again and again

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day_(film)