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50. I certainly won't engage in friendly fire when I do. You'd have thought you won the battle but you'd have

Reply to TomSlick (Reply #48)

Fri Mar 14, 2025, 09:21 PM

Mar 2025

actually lost the war to save the US government. You've clearly no idea what that really means.

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I read EarlG post and am convinced that the senate has to vote YES [View all] question everything Mar 2025 OP

Thanks, but to be clear EarlG Mar 2025 #1

i know. We are screwed but I think that yes is the lesser of two evils question everything Mar 2025 #10

So the vast majority of Dems in the House and Senate were wrong? HereForTheParty Mar 2025 #76

Certainly the ones up for reelection question everything Mar 2025 #77

Sometimes doing the right thing choie Mar 2025 #82

I didn't read your post as an endorsement senseandsensibility Mar 2025 #16

I read EarlG's post as saying Schumer didn't handle it well and "the buck" stops with Schumer. TomSlick Mar 2025 #27

The federal courts, dude, will be funded and save granny. If "the buck" stops now, will the thanks be given later? ancianita Mar 2025 #41

There is no constitutional requirement to fund Medicaid. TomSlick Mar 2025 #44

OR Social Security, OR Medicare, OR all the agencies a shutdown would destroy. ancianita Mar 2025 #46

I know that you will lose every battle from which you run. TomSlick Mar 2025 #48

I certainly won't engage in friendly fire when I do. You'd have thought you won the battle but you'd have ancianita Mar 2025 #50

Schumer didn't win any battle today because he didn't fight one. TomSlick Mar 2025 #62

You're already wrong and don't even know it. ancianita Mar 2025 #64

I am not so foolish as to confidently predict the future. Only time will tell. TomSlick Mar 2025 #65

It's exactly what you did. ancianita Mar 2025 #67

It must be a terrible burden to be the smartest person on DU. TomSlick Mar 2025 #75

lol just a faithful Democrat supporting Democrats ancianita Mar 2025 #87

Granny will be on the curb in no time. waterwatcher123 Mar 2025 #68

I'm in the granny demographic, so I'll weigh in and say they will be killed by corporate owned ancianita Mar 2025 #71

Medicaid pays for nursing home coverage for many elderly people in the United States. waterwatcher123 Mar 2025 #81

Understood. ancianita Mar 2025 #88

That might be true Katcat Mar 2025 #25

Wrong. n/t valleyrogue Mar 2025 #52

I thought about it XanaDUer2 Mar 2025 #2

I'm not sure. If it so easy to enable Trump GOD Mode, the Republicans would be shutting the gubmint down ASAP. TheBlackAdder Mar 2025 #38

I respect that opinion, Quiet Em Mar 2025 #3

He is going to do that anyhow. boston bean Mar 2025 #17

He already has to support his tariffs. He declared an emergency because of "fentanyl" Nanjeanne Mar 2025 #63

Seems damned if you do, damned if you don't to me. paleotn Mar 2025 #22

Yeah. Quiet Em Mar 2025 #33

Exactly! Why would you ever give away leverage? n/t returnee Mar 2025 #61

I agree... 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2025 #4

As does mine. paleotn Mar 2025 #23

Thanks! And misery loves company! 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2025 #47

We are not the governing majority. mr715 Mar 2025 #5

They put their names on the bill iemanja Mar 2025 #8

Yes, exactly. mr715 Mar 2025 #9

That includes Angus King and Jeanne Shaheen, who actually voted Yes on the final bill itself. Celerity Mar 2025 #20

Exactly. Schumer owns the bill. TomSlick Mar 2025 #30

EXACTLY. THANK YOU. ancianita Mar 2025 #45

I don't think we agree mr715 Mar 2025 #53

You might think so, ancianita Mar 2025 #59

Not sure that was the point of the OP leftstreet Mar 2025 #6

Not on funding through Sept 30 iemanja Mar 2025 #7

So Trump and the MSM wouldn't blame a shutdown on Dems? paleotn Mar 2025 #24

Are they incapable of making an argument? iemanja Mar 2025 #70

No. These Democrats cosigned on dramatic social program cuts. Self Esteem Mar 2025 #11

Then we get to explain mr715 Mar 2025 #12

Yup! Self Esteem Mar 2025 #13

Omg. Let's hope that something has been done Alliepoo Mar 2025 #18

Fetterman has already said he will never, ever, ever displacedvermoter Mar 2025 #34

Fetterman didn't vote for the CR MichMan Mar 2025 #74

He voted for cloture, so split the fucking difference displacedvermoter Mar 2025 #86

The difference now angrychair Mar 2025 #14

Oh ok BannonsLiver Mar 2025 #15

How badly we lost with this no-win vote depends on how much more this administration allegorical oracle Mar 2025 #19

Chuck Schumer Had Two Bad Choices. He Made the Worse One Celerity Mar 2025 #21

We have to burn down the house so we won't be blamed for burning down the house. Iggo Mar 2025 #26

We WON'T be blamed either way. WE are the MINORITY PARTY. This is ALL on the GOP & its owners. ancianita Mar 2025 #29

The CR is a bipartisan bill because Schumer voted for it. TomSlick Mar 2025 #31

Go ahead. Blame your own minority party leadership. Now what. ancianita Mar 2025 #32

I blame them for not leading. TomSlick Mar 2025 #37

Flog on, flog on, flog on. ancianita Mar 2025 #40

Stop the bullshit. You blame them for not leading the way YOU want. ancianita Mar 2025 #43

Courts, dude. Vote to shut down government, and you "united NO's" will shut down the courts. AND then ancianita Mar 2025 #39

No he didn't MichMan Mar 2025 #72

he only voted for cloture. there were 2 non republicans who voted for the bill itself: shaheen & king orleans Mar 2025 #83

It Only Reinforces The Image of Dems As Watery Weaklings DrFunkenstein Mar 2025 #35

WHAT "only reinforces the Image." WE ARE NOT WHAT WE ARE CALLED. WE ARE WHAT WE ANSWER TO. ancianita Mar 2025 #36

Dems were haunted for years over voting for the AUMF that let Bush go to war with Iraq DSandra Mar 2025 #80

I didn't say "It's all on the Dems." Iggo Mar 2025 #90

Not to mention that a shut down would shut down all federal courts which are the legal record ancianita Mar 2025 #28

Our government and society shouldn't be run based on the fear of what Trump and his goons might do. Ping Tung Mar 2025 #42

Being blamed for the shutdown won't work, either. valleyrogue Mar 2025 #54

WE WOULD BE BLAMED EITHER WAY Skittles Mar 2025 #58

But here we are ... sadly. KPN Mar 2025 #57

Whatever happened to the belief in the statement BlueKota Mar 2025 #49

You think it would have been okay to shut down ALL services. valleyrogue Mar 2025 #55

He's going to do it anyway BlueKota Mar 2025 #66

It is correct. valleyrogue Mar 2025 #51

It was shitty option vs shittier option. Initech Mar 2025 #56

Not my conclusion but oh well mountain grammy Mar 2025 #60

I am not going to. BlueKota Mar 2025 #69

What are you talking about? voted4wellstone Mar 2025 #73

Please consider this . . Stargleamer Mar 2025 #78

They could've at least shut it down and accused Republicans of conducting a coup... DSandra Mar 2025 #79

That was my opinion, too. Vinca Mar 2025 #84

More evidence that the executive has way too much power in this system Meowmee Mar 2025 #85

Oh no - they'll get blamed? Horrifying Ruby the Liberal Mar 2025 #89