Originally Posted by RichieLion

Okay, so this is what I don't understand about everybody equating both parties the same when discussing this coming government shutdown.

The Democrats will all stand defiantly together and refuse to budge from their demands for Obama's monster budget increases and will turn their back on the Republicans and give them the political "finger".

The Republican's want to slash the new budget and change the workings of some of the entitlement plans and defund some others to reduce the coming budget. The Democrats won't talk about it and insist on "their way or the highway". So, they'll filibuster the proposed budget and refuse to vote on it and thereby cause the infamous "government shutdown".

Somehow, this is still partly the Republican's fault because ...........Why???

Is it because they cannot persuade or seduce the Democrats into debating and voting on budget cuts?

Conservatives on this forum are upset because the Republican budget calls for reduced spending and not real and actual cuts in spending. The Democrats won't discuss reduced spending, let alone cuts in spending.

So, again, The Republicans have blame in this ......................How?