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To: Brumar89 who wrote (54941)	10/9/2013 6:26:05 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 85487

Not hardly; it's to tell them they are the terrorists on this bus, and he has just cut their seatbelts and disabled their airbags President Barack Obama told House Democrats Wednesday that he would negotiate with Republicans but “not with a gun at my head,” according to one lawmaker who attended a caucus-wide meeting at the White House. Eighteen of the 232 House Republicans will also meet with Obama this week... White House press secretary Jay Carney said Obama was “disappointed”that Boehner is “preventing his members from coming to the White House.” “The President thought it was important to talk directly with the members who forced this economic crisis on the country about how the shutdown and a failure to pay the country’s bills could devastate the economy,” Carney said. “If the Republicans want to have a real discussion they should open the government and take the threat of default off the table.” Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/government-shutdown-house-democrats-white-house-meeting-98047.html#ixzz2hGZ2WWhn