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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (54125)	10/3/2013 11:59:23 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 85487

On The Other Hand: They Are Just This Stupid. talkingpointsmemo.com Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) were caught on a hot mic Wednesday night while discussing their party's messaging on the government shutdown. Paul ran into McConnell, who was wired for an interview, in front of a camera after wrapping his own interview with CNN, according to Western Kentucky news station WPSD. "I just did CNN and I just go over and over again 'We're willing to compromise, we're willing to negotiate.' I think -- I don't think they poll tested 'we won't negotiate.' I think it's awful for them to say that over and over again," Paul said of the Obama administration's stance on the shutdown. In other words: Strategery. But the funniest part of the Hot Mic incident is this. McConnell is sincerely puzzled by the fact that what the Democrats say and do publicly reflects their actual private interactions as well: "Yeah, I do too, and I just came back from that two hour meeting with them, and that was basically the same view privately as it was publicly," McConnell said. In other words these guys are so used to lying to everyone, every chance they get, they can't wrap their head around an actual principled stance or one that is not taken purely opportunistically, and for show. Meanwhile, whistling in the dark: In the video recording, Paul was confident that the GOP's pivot from demanding Obamacare be defunded to seeking out compromise would succeed. "I think if we keep saying 'We wanted to defund it. We fought for that but now we're willing to compromise on this,' I think they can't -- we're gonna, I think -- well I know we don't want to be here, but we're gonna win this I think," he said. GOP: Let us burn your house down Dems: No GOP: Let us burn the 2nd floor Dems: No GOP: At least let us? burn the Garage down! Dems: NO! GOP: THEY'RE NOT COMPROMISING! ^This GOP enacted shutdown of the Government in a nutshell. It reminds me of one in important thing... There are only 2 types of Republicans: Millionaires and SUCKERS!

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (54125)	10/3/2013 12:17:32 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB Thehammer Respond to of 85487

repubs passed a bill to open the parks, Reid voted it down in the senate, tell it to reid and obama

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (54125)	10/3/2013 12:47:56 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 85487

your fascist friends at work usatoday.com Watch for a Park Service SWAT team to descend on this criminal inn keeper Blue Ridge lodge to defy shutdown order The National Park Service has told the Pisgah Inn -- located along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina -- that it must close down Thursday and lodgers must be out by 6 p.m. ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Rob Miller, general manager of the Pisgah Inn, watched the news this week as World War II veterans pushed past barricades to get to their memorial in Washington after the federal government shut down. He got to thinking about his own situation at the lodge along the Blue Ridge Parkway. The government owns the building and the land. The National Park Service had given him until 6 p.m. Thursday to shut down and kick out his 78 guests. He called Bruce O'Connell, owner of Pisgah Inn Inc., who was in Mexico. O'Connell had seen the same report about the veterans. They came up with a plan. "We thought if those guys can do it, we can make a stand," O'Connell said. "We just decided that it is in the visitors' best interest that we remain open." Miller told his guests Wednesday that the inn would not be closing STORY: Shutdown doesn't keep vets from WWII Memorial What will happen after the deadline passes Thursday is unclear. Parkway Chief Ranger Steve Stinnett said Wednesday that Washington was aware of the problem. He could not immediately say what steps the government might take to close the 51-room inn. "We are in discussions at this time," Stinnett said. A sign welcomes motorists to the Blue Ridge Parkway. The 469-mile byway cuts across the backbone of the Appalachian Mountains linking Virginia's Shenandoah National Park in the north with Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the south.(Photo: Jayne Clark, USA TODAY) The O'Connell family has operated the inn since 1977. It's one of the few remaining mom-and-pop concessionaires in the National Park Service. Park concessionaires have been told to close, and lodges have been given the 6 p.m. Thursdaydeadline to allow them time to get guests out. Miller called around on Wednesday trying to find other concessionaires who would stand with him but had no luck. He posted the plan on the inn's Facebook page, which garnered nearly 190 likes by late afternoon. People applauded the decision. "Glad to see that you will stay open," Mike Stinneford commented. "I can't imagine an October without the Inn." Wrote Jane Windle: "Some services are considered 'essential,' you fall within that category." Jane Windle wrote. Ostendorff also reports for the Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times.