"Obamacare...not only is it a complete disaster, but I'm afraid, Sean, we're never gonna get rid of it, because the Republicans don't want to get rid of it. And instead of taking on Obama and taking on the Left, they're taking on the conservatives and constitutionalists and attacking them, telling us to wait until tomorrow and the next day. These French Republicans, they're always surrendering, and the fact of the matter is, if they're not gonna use the power of the purse to at least attack the discretionary funding, or if they're not gonna use the power of the purse in the House to pass a continuing resolution that funds part of the government but not this part of the government, what's left? Once this thing is instituted, it's not going to implode... You have to repeal a law, you have to defund a law. Laws don't implode."
"I am convinced that a lot of these people who've been around Washington for 20, 30, 40 years are very comfortable with their environment, they have no intention of re-breathing life back into the Constitution, they put out their press releases, they spew their platitudes, they have their phony votes about repeal rather than using the power of the purse. I'm fed up with it, those tricks don't work anymore. If you're not in Washington to help save this country, then get out!"Related link: What Republican Strategy to Defund Obamacare and Shut Down the Government?
Pay particular attention to that list of government shutdowns that Mark shows, mentioning numerous times and also dictating on Tuesday night's program...
PAST FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS
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Year
|
Beginning
date
(at
midnight)
|
Length in Days
|
Ending
date
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1976
|
Thursday,
Sept 30
|
10
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Monday,
Oct 11
|
1977
|
Friday,
Sept 30
|
12
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Thursday,
Oct 13
|
Monday,
Oct 31
|
8
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Wednesday,
Nov 9
|
|
Wednesday,
Nov 30
|
8
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Friday,
Dec 9
|
|
1978
|
Saturday,
Sept 30
|
17
|
Wednesday,
Oct 18
|
1979
|
Sunday,
Sept 30
|
11
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Friday,
Oct 12
|
1981
|
Friday,
Nov 20
|
2
|
Monday,
Nov 23
|
1982
|
Thursday,
Sept 30
|
1
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Saturday,
Oct 2
|
Friday,
Dec 17
|
3
|
Tuesday,
Dec 21
|
|
1983
|
Thursday,
Nov 10
|
3
|
Monday,
Nov 14
|
1984
|
Sunday,
Sept 30
|
2
|
Wednesday,
Oct 3
|
Wednesday,
Oct 3
|
1
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Friday,
Oct 5
|
|
1986
|
Thursday,
Oct 16
|
1
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Saturday,
Oct 18
|
1987
|
Friday,
Dec 18
|
1
|
Sunday,
Dec 20
|
1990
|
Friday,
Oct 5
|
3
|
Tuesday,
Oct 9
|
1995
|
Monday,
Nov 13
|
5
|
Sunday,
Nov 19
|
Friday,
Dec 15
|
21
|
Saturday,
Jan 6, 1996
|
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No governmental or Republican Party collapses, despite the myths. Frenchies, it's time to FIGHT!
