John Boehner (R-Joe’s Bar and Tanning Studio) claims that Republicans do not want a government shutdown and deceitfully blames failure to negotiate by Democrats. That is a lie, expected because Republicans could not be elected without lying. There is ample evidence that it is Republicans, not Democrats, that are setting the stage for a shutdown.

As a government shutdown looms, President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D), and House Speaker John Boehner (R) are locked in ongoing discussions over an appropriations bill that would keep the government running. However, even as Obama has offered three-quarters of what Republicans are demanding, Boehner has thus far refused to budge. The reason for Boehner’s intransigence is increasingly clear: as Republicans and Democratic lawmakers negotiate, Boehner is giving the Tea Party veto-power. Sen. Chuck Schumer detailed this point while discussing the ongoing negotiations on Good Morning America this week, noting that “The tea party just continues to pull Speaker Boehner further back and back and back. They’re the people who say they don’t want compromise. They’re the people who say they relish a shutdown.” Still, Boehner and other Republican leaders have asserted that Democrats are the only ones who want to see a government shutdown. (A ThinkProgress compilation video shows otherwise.)… [emphasis added]

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Now it’s clear that government shutdown is part of Teabuggery dogma.

But, while everyone want’s to blame them, they are not the only ones.

Rachel Maddow covered this story with Anthony Weiner (D-NY).

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Did you hear that? When Agent Orange reported that he had no deal, the Republican Caucus cheered.

Now let’s not forget here, the Tea Party is not a separate entity from the Republican party. They are a completely astro-turfed segment of the Republican base, and they function much the same as the Brownshirts (SA) did with Germany’s National Socialists, as Republican storm troopers. If the Republican party did not want the Teabaggers taking the stance they have, their corporate masters would have told them what to think, and convinced them that they thought of it themselves.