On the recordOctober 23, 2013
As the ObamaCare debacle continues to unfold, there is more and more that is absolutely staggering that is now coming out. People in America need to understand who shut the government down September 30, October 1. The House of Representatives had voted out, first, a bill to completely defund ObamaCare because we could tell--many of us have read it. I read it before I voted ``no.'' I could see it was a disaster waiting to happen, that real Americans would be really hurt. So we offered a compromise. All right. This obviously, pursuant to notice by Democrats themselves, was a train wreck, nightmare. It was not ready for prime time. So we actually gave Democrats in the Senate and in the House that pushed it through without a single Republican vote, and the President himself, an easy out because that is, if you really want to get something done, unless it is ObamaCare that you want--that America knows is going to be harmful and totally against, or at least over half are against. Unless you are going to do something like that that is really totalitarian and against the will of the American people, it is good, a Chinese proverb notes, to give adversaries a way out. We gave a way out for Democrats in the House and the Senate that passed ObamaCare without Republicans. We gave a way out for President Obama. We said, okay, here is a compromise that ought to be an easy agreement.…
