"No - It's a Trap!"

"How will this end? Not well, I am afraid, for the Republicans. Will it hurt them in the 2024 election? I sure hope not. But leave it to the Republicans to grasp defeat out of the jaws of victory. Time to wake up folks - time is not your friend."   

I watched just a bit of the impeachment inquiry yesterday. It was almost comical. As the House Republicans were presenting evidence, each one of the socialist Democrats had a timer in front of the seat they were occupying. The timer was a countdown to the dreaded "Republican Shutdown". In fact, some of the socialist Democrats used their time not to talk about the impeachment proceedings, but rather to give the gloom and doom horror story of what will happen to our nation should we not have a CR by midnight before October.

As usual, when the Republicans are in power, they muck things up. The socialist Democrats knew the Republicans would screw things up and set a trap for them. That is why every time there is a government shutdown, the Republicans take the blame. They fall into the trap. This time is no exception.

Here is how the Republicans should play the game when they control the House. 95% of their job should be getting the twelve appropriation bills passed out of the House and over to the Senate. This should happen long before the first of October. If the socialist Democrats in the Senate want to stonewall these bills once they receive them, that is on them. If the President vetoes these bills should they clear the Senate, that is on him. But the House controls the purse, and getting these bills out of their chamber is of the utmost importance.

Right now, the Republicans are in the trap. Stuck. The clock is ticking, and there is no way the government will keep from being shut down. And as usual, the Republicans will take the rap. What would I do, if I were the Speaker? I would offer a three-month CR. And after that, should the twelve appropriation bills not be signed into law, shut it down. And let it stay shut down for a long, long time. 

But during these three months of living under a CR, NOTHING ELSE HAPPENS. Only the twelve appropriation bills are worked on. Weekends - gone. Religious holidays - gone. Time off for any reason - gone. This is the job, this is the work, get it done. 

The Republicans can be so myopic at times, it leaves many of us shaking our heads. This is a terrible time for this inquiry on the Biden Crime Family. That can wait until the new year. To try and kick this off when we are hours away from a government shutdown, which will really hurt the Republican brand, is foolish. STAY AWAY FROM THE DEMOCRATS TRAP! 

How will this end? Not well, I am afraid, for the Republicans. Will it hurt them in the 2024 election? I sure hope not. But leave it to the Republicans to grasp defeat out of the jaws of victory. Time to wake up folks - time is not your friend.