Once again, it takes a blogger to ask the questions the media just don’t think to ask. Glenn Reynolds turned around a tweet from Cox Radio reporter Jamie Dupree about the White House’s explicit threat to veto whatever the GOP sends him today.
White House issues veto threat against revised GOP stop gap budget plan
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) September 28, 2013
Much as the White House — with the help of NPR — did its best to re-brand President Obama’s sequestration cuts as a Republican creation, the administration and media are hard at work trying to push the idea of an uncompromising GOP taking the economy hostage. The real question: why won’t Obama and the Democrats negotiate? Harry Reid earlier today said the vote was a “meaningless” gesture of extortion by Tea Party “anarchists.” White House spokesman Jay Carney issued a statement accusing the GOP of moving to shut down the government, complete with talk of “sabotage.”
Statement from @PressSec: "Today Republicans in the House of Representatives moved to shut down the government." http://t.co/QDdXWzZksp
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 28, 2013
Statement from @PressSec Jay Carney pic.twitter.com/Ijisft95wi
— Ryan Sloane (@RyanFSloane) September 28, 2013
People do know that the GOP’s only move was to strip Obamacare funding from the continuing resolution, leaving the rest intact, right? That failing, they asked that the individual mandate be delayed a year, just as the employer mandate was delayed by the White House.
If POTUS would veto CR he shuts down government
— JohnCornyn (@JohnCornyn) September 28, 2013
Press bias on who will be responsible for potential govt shutdown is disappointing if not surprising.
— JohnCornyn (@JohnCornyn) September 28, 2013
Biased media? Where?
The House GOP’s shutdown plan is great news: http://t.co/lFqzj45xEa
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) September 28, 2013
@ezraklein It's not the House GOP's shutdown plan, propagandist. You expose your own lie right off. Only Obama can choose to shut down.
— Melvin Udall (@Melvin_Udall_) September 28, 2013
It’s time for the president to own it all: Obamacare, the sequester, and any government shutdown ensured by his veto.
He must own shutdown then RT @FoxNews: White House says President Obama would veto House bill that funds government, but delays ObamaCare
— Donald L. Luskin (@DonLuskin) September 28, 2013
@SpeakerBoehner shut it down! Let Obama own it and quit blaming others for his failed policies. High gas prices, high unemployment etc.
— Robbie Steele (@SteeleRobbie) September 28, 2013
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