What do you think this means, if anything, as far as the future of the Grand Old Party: "House Republicans ignored the Chamber of Commerce's pleas to keep the government running. The shutdown is costing the U.S. economy $300 million a day, according to IHS, a global market-research firm, and its only the latest sign suggesting that the old adage, Republicans are the party of business, no longer holds true. From the austerity imposed by sequestration to the refusal to reform i*********n l*ws to the shutdown and now, as appears likely, another debt-ceiling showdown when U.S. borrowing authority expires on Oct. 17, the GOPs actions have put a strain on one of its most valuable partners: the business community."
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-10-03/republicans-are-no-longer-the-party-of-business
And then we'll put in your botox repubs so they can "shrink" the government like the Bushies claimed they wanted to do, but instead screwed the whole lot with their 3 trillion dollar wars and their economic meltdown. I always say when emotions drive the conversation people sound... well, emotional.
It amazes me how rational people can say irrational things. The shutdown is 100% the GOP's fault. There is absolutely no evidence otherwise. The comment above is not factual it is emotional, and there lies the problem. This Republican Party for those of you who are too young to remember reminds me of the Democratic Party of the 70s which was run by the radicals of the Left who were doing the same kind of craziness that these extremists on the Right are doing today. Wh**ever your politics, I believe strongly that this country is best run by pragmatists and not by ideologues. I immigrated in 1974 from a country that was run by ideologues where nothing could get done and I am sad to report that the US today reminds me of the politics in that country. In my view, we have the government we deserve after all people are v****g for these politicians.