Obama Tears Into Republicans Over Shutdown: If Americans Just Stopped Working, They’d Be Fired

[kpete]

Obama Tears Into Republicans Over Shutdown: If Americans Just Stopped Working, They’d 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 nation’s 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 won’t 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 you’re being disrespected it’s because of that attitude that you’ve got that you deserve to get something for doing your job!” He then wondered what would happen if every-day Americans adopted the GOP’s tactics:

Everybody here just does their job, right? You know, if you’re working here and in the middle of the day you just stopped and said, you know what? I want to get something, but I don’t know — I don’t know exactly what I’m going get, but — I’m just going to stop working until I get something– I’m going to shut down the whole plant until I get something. You’d get fired! Right?

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/10/03/2727231/obama-tears-into-republicans-over-government-shutdown/

[Skittles]

1. I don't know why it took so long but

I am absolutely loving this attitude

[hue]

2. Never capitulate President Obama!!! Spreading the light of truth!!!

[antigop]

3. thanks, kpete. That was great. k&r. nt

[dsteve01]

4. He used the "F" word

Farce

[ffr]

5. More! More! More! Stump! Stump! Stump!

I can see O's approval ratings going up with each one.

Keep the pressure on!

[ljm2002]

6. Good to see...

...he's really on fire in this clip!

K&R

[Myrina]

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]

9. You eat your peas, one at a time.

[Myrina]

10. And don't sniffle!!!!!!!

[Enthusiast]

11. Here it is.

[Myrina]

12. Aah, I was thinking of "Secretary"

[Plucketeer]

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]

13. Great Post...thank you for this one.....evey one should take the time ..K and R..nt