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Related: About this forumObama Tears Into Republicans Over Shutdown: If Americans Just Stopped Working, They’d Be Fired
Obama Tears Into Republicans Over Shutdown: If Americans Just Stopped Working, Theyd Be Fired
BY IGOR VOLSKY ON OCTOBER 3, 2013 AT 11:28 AM
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President Obama tore into House Republicans for demanding policy concessions for agreeing to fund the government and raise the nations debt ceiling during a speech at Rockville, MD on Thursday. He joked that if American workers made such demands to their bosses, they would lose their jobs.
Teeing off a quote from Rep. Martin Stutzman (R-IN), who claimed on Tuesday night that Republicans wont be disrespected and must get something out of the shutdown, Obama told Republicans, You have already gotten the opportunity to serve the American people .if youre being disrespected its because of that attitude that youve got that you deserve to get something for doing your job! He then wondered what would happen if every-day Americans adopted the GOPs tactics:
Everybody here just does their job, right? You know, if youre working here and in the middle of the day you just stopped and said, you know what? I want to get something, but I dont know I dont know exactly what Im going get, but Im just going to stop working until I get something Im going to shut down the whole plant until I get something. Youd get fired! Right?
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/10/03/2727231/obama-tears-into-republicans-over-government-shutdown/
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Obama Tears Into Republicans Over Shutdown: If Americans Just Stopped Working, They’d Be Fired (Original Post)
kpete
Oct 2013
OP
Great Post...thank you for this one.....evey one should take the time ..K and R..nt
Stuart G
Oct 2013
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Skittles
(153,226 posts)1. I don't know why it took so long but
I am absolutely loving this attitude
hue
(4,949 posts)2. Never capitulate President Obama!!! Spreading the light of truth!!!
antigop
(12,778 posts)3. thanks, kpete. That was great. k&r. nt
dsteve01
(312 posts)4. He used the "F" word
Farce
ffr
(22,674 posts)5. More! More! More! Stump! Stump! Stump!
I can see O's approval ratings going up with each one.
Keep the pressure on!
ljm2002
(10,751 posts)6. Good to see...
...he's really on fire in this clip!
K&R
Myrina
(12,296 posts)7. Shit, we get fired anyway.
Pick a reason: it's Thursday. My socks don't match my pants. The CEO has a headache. It's raining.
99.995% of us do NOT get to act like the Critters do and get away with it.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)9. You eat your peas, one at a time.
Myrina
(12,296 posts)10. And don't sniffle!!!!!!!
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)11. Here it is.
Myrina
(12,296 posts)12. Aah, I was thinking of "Secretary"
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)8. Amazing!
They've got president Obama tied up in the White House basement somewhere, and they've brought CAMPAIGN Obama out of mothballs to stun the opposition! Man, I sure hope they leave that other Obama tied up til 2016.
Stuart G
(38,453 posts)13. Great Post...thank you for this one.....evey one should take the time ..K and R..nt