This "piecemeal" legislation by the Republicans is a huge blunder.

[kentuck]

Simply because they are throwing so many Americans overboard as they pick and choose who they want to support. Even if the Democrats decided to vote for the "piecemeal" legislation, the people see who is choosing to vote for some veterans, for some programs in the NIH, for FEMA, for opening parks and memorials, but they also see who they are leaving behind. And that is their monstrous blunder.

They are deserting millions and millions of Americans in their quest to shut down the government and to kill Obamacare. They are making enemies they never knew they had. It hard to imagine how they could have done more to piss off the American people? This is the epitome of stupidity.

Never interfere with the enemy when he is destroying himself. Republicans are alienating more and more Americans with each tick of the clock...

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. It is a calculated propaganda strategy to say they are trying to reopen the government but Obama

won't let them. It may prove to be a blunder. We will know in 2014. But it is no mistake.

[Xipe Totec]

2. Plus they're going on record supporting money for parks and recreation, and...

When the budget fight finally comes, they'll have these votes on record.

[kentuck]

9. However...

the folks that are affected by this shutdown, and there are millions, are keeping score. They see that the Republicans are picking and choosing and they are not being chosen. This is a personal matter with these folks. That is why the Republicans are losing this issue. They have no empathy.

[randome]

3. Piecemeal legislation is their goddamned job!

Once they have caused enough people and the economy to suffer, they will put forward the CR and then go back to doing what they were sent there to do.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

[spanone]

4. i don't think they care. gerrymandering has made their jobs safe.

so they don't really care about governing for all the people.

[kentuck]

7. Safe, unless an independent runs against them.

Then they may not be as safe as they think?

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. When a district is +17 R you are pretty much safe

Why they literally hail from another country. These districts also went for Romney overwhelming. FYI, there are a few dem districts that are also as heavily gerrymandered. This should be a wake up call for this process.

[kentuck]

16. Yes, but...

It is those other districts that are not gerrymandered in such a way that present a problem for the Republicans. Also, even in those "safe" districts, they could alienate enough voters to make some of the elections very close.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Those other districts fear a challenger from their right

Not their left. They do not fear the general. In reality most districts should be +1 or 2 to either side, in other words swing districts. 97% of all districts! iiirc it is that high, are not competitive.

[kentuck]

5. They are pleasing some people...

But they are making many more very angry.

[Justice]

6. There is so much energy and effort going into piecemeal, when it could all be done in one CR

[kentuck]

8. They put a lot of effort into passing the piecemeal for veterans...

...when they didn't bother to do anything for the veterans, many disabled, that have been furloughed by the shutdown.

[malaise]

10. The real truth is that they know fucking shit about government

They are first rate ignorant, racist ReTHug morons

[kentuck]

11. That is true...

But they have no idea how many people they are alienating with their pick and choose legislation.

[malaise]

12. If you know nothing about government that follows

logically. If you asked them to detail the agencies of the Federal government, they couldn't name five.

[kentuck]

13. Unless they work for the government...

and many hundreds of thousands of them do. And they have relatives and friends that they communicate with. Multiply each of them by 5 or 10 and you get millions of voters aware of what is happening.

[Bjorn Against]

14. Their outrage over the WWII memorial being closed is an even bigger blunder

Every time they go on television and demand the WWII memorial be reopened they remind everyone that they were the ones that closed it in the first place. I just can't believe how collectively stupid their party is.