Michigan Congressman-Elect Says Obama Has To Follow Republican Mandate, Or Government Shuts Down

[Tx4obama]

Source: Alan Colmes/Liberaland

Michigan Congressman-elect Tim Walbert, who lost his seat two years ago but won it back on Tuesday, says if the president doesn’t follow along with the Republican mandate, it will result in a government shut-down.

He said Republicans can work together to get things done with the Obama administration, but that will be up to the president.

If Obama, like then-President Bill Clinton did after the 1994 midterms, responds to the mandate from voters and understands he can’t disregard it, then he thinks Obama will do well.

“If he doesn’t, he will shut government down,” Walberg said.

Read more: http://www.alan.com/2010/11/04/michigan-congressman-elect-says-obama-has-to-follow-republican-mandate-or-government-shuts-down/

[TwilightGardener]

1. I can't remember: Is that blackmail, extortion, or hostage-taking?

[DBoon]

8. terrorism?

Is the FBI involved?

[pinboy3niner]

18. Arrogance

[No Elephants]

45. I'm going with extortion, selfishness, recklessness, arrogance, pipsqueak syndrome, stuff like that.

[Dulcinea]

51. Yeah, that worked great for Newt Gingrich!

Let's see you try!

[Blue_Tires]

64. posturing, hot air, grandstanding and empty threats...

[Raven]

2. Good. Go for it. Maybe then folks will realize why we need it. n/t

[Proud Liberal Dem]

3. What Republican "mandate" is he speaking of?

and more importantly, aren't the Republicans "listening" to Americans saying that they want MORE "bipartisanship" not LESS? Or does that just apply to President Obama/Democratic Party? :eyes:

[glinda]

6. You know... the mandate that they spoke about in vague terms to get votes.

[struggle4progress]

4. *gestures beckoningly with fingers*

Cmon, Mr Walbert ... why doncha show us what you've got?

[bullimiami]

5. Im trying to remember how the minority repugs worked together with the majority dems.....

mandate?

go ahead and shut it down.

[LeftishBrit]

7. Imitating Newt Gingrich...

The ironic thing is that if a trade union leader threatens a strike, these right-wingers are the first to shriek about these 'evil selfish people holding their country hostage'; yet they are quite willing to shut the government down if they don't get their own way!

[high density]

9. Given a choice between Republican junk flowing or shut down, I'll choose shut down

Thanks.

[handmade34]

10. he should understand

that it was the Republicans ignoring the mandate of the people in '08 that got us in the mess we're in

[AsahinaKimi]

11. I say call his bluff...

IF the Republicans want to "SHUT DOWN" the United States government, let them. What ever happens will be on their heads and hands. And if the People of The United States show up with Pitchforks, they best be ready to have more blood shed on their hands. I am tired of their bullying, either PUT UP OR STFU!



(**YOU CAN tell I am angry, ne?)

[truthisfreedom]

12. If they shut down government, they take the blame.

That's a no-brainer.

[DenverDad]

15. Take the blame from whom?

John Boehner could hold teabaggers down while Mitch McConnell s4!ts in their mouths and they will still blame Obama.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

42. This could be the best innagural post ever

welcome

[Politicub]

56. Teabaggers will go nuts if they don't get their monthly checks

I hope President Obama digs in his feet and calls their hand.

[Coventina]

13. Oh that is one bluff I'd LOVE to see called!!!

he's bluffin with his muffin !!

Sorry, Lady Gaga took me over for a minute....

[davidinalameda]

16. a Lady Gaga reference

gets you honorary membership in Teh Gays

:party:

[Coventina]

33. YAYYYYY!

:party:

:woohoo:

:grouphug:

[Bozita]

14. It's Walberg, not Walbert. And yes, he's a RW piece of shit.

[safeinOhio]

48. Ordained Baptist minister

that should have been held under water longer.

[Swede Atlanta]

17. Just try it Fucker.....

The Repukkkes under Lizard Boi tried that and it hit them in the head.

The American people may be uninformed and uneducated but shutting down the government will not be tolerated.

[YankeeLeft7x]

19. Let It Shut Down Then

The Republicans need to be told that the USA is not a dictatorship even though they want it that way.

Let it shut down then. I am so tired of these extremists in the GOP whom hate government so much they forget the roads they drive on.

All that government research which makes it out to the private sector for high profits.....Man, I hate these right wing jerks.

[L0oniX]

20. Ok ...let them take the blame for the shut down.

[GoCubsGo]

21. Timmy must have slept throught the last shut-down.

How'd that one go, dummy? You want to shut it down again? Knock yourself out.

[Historic NY]

22. O,k. shut it down.

[MJJP21]

23. shutting down

Isn't this what the fat man on radio is always proposing? Hasn't he more than once advocated the benefits of a govt not doing anything? Obama should take them up on this and let the govt shut down and show the people what they got for their vote and make sure the listeners of the fat man on radio are reminded what they listen too.

[jtuck004]

24. Uh, shut it down means millions of older folks don't get food or heat,

millions of disabled people will suffer the same fate, families too. All the federal money that keeps teachers, police, fire on the job - gone.

Those with decent jobs, such as millionaires in congress or clever little moneychangers on Wall Street can ride it out for as long as it takes.

So this whole "I dare you" posture could bring a great deal of pain and tragedy to a lot of vulnerable people.

Given the precarious state of our economy it could bring things to a state which might be hard to recover from.

Maybe a better response would be "How about you try not to destroy our country, you selfish son-of-a-bitch?"

I don't mean to say that "shut it down" it is not an appropriate response, but there are lots of costs we will not see...

[katnapped]

50. Well what's your alternative?

Give in to everything the Republicans want? If they say they'll destroy the country unless Obama obliterates SS, Medicare, the minimum wage act, and anything else "progressive" would you be OK with that? Yeah, you bet they could go that far if they really wanted to.

Sorry, blackmail isn't acceptable and Republicans need to be bitch-slapped back to reality.

[jtuck004]

52. They don't have the presidency. They don't have the senate

And if Obama would use his bully pulpit effectively, he could make them out to be the worst traitors to this country
we have ever seen. So to say that "caving" is our only choice is a false premise.

And the alternative was using the power the voters gave us in the first two years, and not wasting it responding to the
framing of a bunch of selfish children. Oops, missed that bus.

But it doesn't mean he (and anyone else who really cares about the country) couldn't start fighting for the
largest jobs program since the WPA.

[countrydad58]

55. executive order?

God knows Bush used it enough.

[deacon]

25. Here we go again. n/t

[indypaul]

26. Past is prologue

Remember going through this before along with the impeachment and
trial? Congress so weakened and demoralized the administration to
the point effective use of our intelligence and ability to retaliate
against threats was jeopardized. Certain elements of terror organizations
recognized those weaknesses and mounted an attack on our commerce and
took the lives of over 3,000 people in the process. So Congressman Walberg,
Boehner and Senator McConnel keep up the partisan attacks on this President.
Your political ambitions will only send another message to those terrorist
elements that we are divided, weak and unable to respond to any threats or
attacks they may bring upon our soil again. But you will be in a position
to elect a Republican president in 2012, if indeed there is a nation left.

[MilesColtrane]

27. Blow me, Timmy.

[Beartracks]

28. "Work together"?

I don't recall the Republicans "responding" to and not "disregarding" the 2008 mandate from voters in such an acquiescent manner.

And really -- what's the difference here between "work with us or we shut down the government" and "do what we want or we shut down the government"? I suspect they really have the latter message in mind, considering they didn't lift a finger to work with Dems when they were in the minority; why would they suddenly be interested in bipartisanship when they are in the majority?

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[CBHagman]

37. Thank you, Beartracks.

I don't recall the Republicans "responding" to and not "disregarding" the 2008 mandate from voters in such an acquiescent manner.

Bingo. And back when Clinton first was elected president and the Democrats held the House and Senate, the Bob Dole more or less declared there would be no honeymoon for the new president. And the media wasn't much better; they were running headlines such as Just Another Failed Presidency? by the spring of '93. We've seen this movie before.

[maryellen99]

29. I apologize for my state for electing this dumbass

[safeinOhio]

49. The man is from Tipton Michigan

the armpit of the state in Anyway Lenawee County.

[catbyte]

58. And a "minister" to boot.

:puke:

[Bitwit1234]

30. How about the 2008 mandate from the voters all the

republicans did was vote NO NO NO NO....but then I think they knew that the Democrats had more respect for the people of this country that cutting them off from needed benefits. But the republicans don't give a damn, because it will be twisted to be the Democrats fault because they didn't do what the republicans ordered them to.

[DinahMoeHum]

31. Hey, Timmy, take a chill pill and talk to Newt. . .

Ask Newt what shutting down the government did for him.

On second thought, go ahead and try, asshole. But better look over your shoulder from then on out.

:puke:

[Samantha]

32. He will blink when he misses his first Government paycheck - n/t

[eringer]

34. That will get you some air time on Hannity

He better hope that Obama has got more sense then he does and doesn't buy a ranch in Texas to ride his bike and clear brush. The Repubs need Obama to react to their bullying. If he doesn't, everyone else will and bullies never win elections.

[walldude]

35. Republican Mandate? Is Jeff Gannon back in town?

Go ahead and shut it down you pansy. You can shove your mandate up your ass. Funny how when Democrats won all 3 branches of government in a major loss for Republicans there was no mention of a mandate.

[rocktivity]

36. The Senate would have nothing to say about this?

:eyes:
rocktivity

[hayu_lol]

38. Looks suspiciously as if they had their...

scripts and marching orders all ready for distribution.

Ummm...how did that go for you guys last time Newt?

[UrbScotty]

39. Walberg has gotten his foot in his mouth several times.

He beat a Republican congressman in the 2006 primary, and won the general election because Dems hadn't fielded a strong candidate since the guy everyone thought was going to be the Republican nominee (the incumbent) was a well-liked moderate.

In 2008, state Senate Dem Leader Mark Schauer ran against Walberg, and beat him. This Tuesday, Walberg won the rematch.

[roamer65]

40. Walberg is a f'ing POS.

Useless turd. Sad he is going back to do more damage.

[StevieM]

41. What is this guy talking about? There was a government shutdown in 1995 because Clinton refused

to sign the most important parts of the Republican agenda.

Steve

[No Elephants]

43. You expect things from a Republican like knowledge and facts?

[No Elephants]

44. Go ahead. Make our day.

[Pathwalker]

46. He also demands that President Obama show his birth certificate to...

Rush Limbaugh. I am so pissed this guy won. He's a teabagger.

[Democat]

47. Democrats control the Presidency and the Senate - that is a mandate!

One out of three is no mandate. Please don't forget that, Obama!

[krabigirl]

53. then shut it down. nt

[Mad_Dem_X]

54. Oh, F*** THEM

Fuck these stupid fucking arrogant Repukes! :grr:

[catbyte]

57. Walberg=political pornography. No redeeming social value

and he's the biggest waste of biological material ever to roam free.

He was voted as the most ineffective representative the last time he sucked off the public teat. I can't believe those teabagger assholes re-elected him. Mark Schauer is an honorable, decent guy who was absolutely trashed by slimy, greedy, utterly worthless excuses for human beings. I didn't even live in his district and I donated & made calls for him.

Tim Walberg is a walking, talking pile of human excrement. :puke: :puke: :puke:

Diane
Anishanbe in MI

[kiranon]

59. Mr. Walbert seems to think he won the presidency. n/t

[speppin]

60. How'd that work for you when Newt did that?

[StarryNite]

61. Oh? Really?

[MichiganVote]

62. Its Walberg, not Walbert. Jeesh, way to google.

And yes he is an asshole, always has been, no change expected.

[alarimer]

63. Good. I dare you to do it; it will backfire big time.

Just like the last time. Wait until retirees stop getting their SS checks, when soldiers get IOUs instead of pay. BRING IT ON!

[Posteritatis]

65. Canadians refer to this attitude as "governing as though we have a majority."

It rarely works out well.