The Trap

"The Democrats have laid out a nice trap for us. And it has been going on for years. They herd us into a boxed canyon, year after year."

Sometimes I think I am slowing down (thinking wise) as I grow older. I had an epiphany today as I was driving to an appointment. It should not have been a "ah-ha" moment for me, but it was. I all started when I was thinking about the article I penned early this morning. How we are once again stuck in the land of CR (Continuing Resolutions). Then it hit me like a bolt out of the blue.

The Democrats have laid out a nice trap for us. And it has been going on for years. They herd us into a boxed canyon, year after year. So long as we have a Democrat President, they win on budget deals. Even it we maintain slim majority in both sides of Congress. If we had huge majorities, like over 2/3, then it would be a different story. But we don't, and is unlikely we will for some time to come.

I believe that every year, one of the chief road blocks is the funding of Planned Parenthood. The conservative wing of the Republican Party does not want tax dollars funding Planned Parenthood. The Democrats, almost without exception, do. So when there is an effort to delete Planned Parenthood funding from a appropriation bill, the bill bogs down. Even if it passes by a slim majority, Obama would veto it. And if Clinton is elected, she would veto these bills also.

Now we come to the end of the year. Any CR written will also defund Planned Parenthood. Again, should it pass out of the House or Senate, Obama would veto it. The government would shut down, and the Republicans would get the blame.

The trap is simply this. So long as we have divided government with a Democratic President, we can either get blamed for the government shutting down, or accept the continual funding of the largest group of abortionists in the country. It is that basic. And unless we win the Presidency, or get HUGE majorities in the House and Senate, nothing is going to change. 

What is going to happen this year? As was said in the Navy, we are screwed, blued and tattooed. We might as well send up a clean CR that Obama will sign. We have no other option. If the government shuts down, at some time we will have to re-open it. And when we do, Obama will get his way after all. What a trap this is...