What shutdown?

Overheard while waiting for my Pumpkin Spice Latte

BLUE SUIT:

Congressional Republicans are becoming more and more disgusting.   The country is going to hell in a hand basket woven by the Republicans in congress.   For shame!

BLACK DRESS:

Where have you been all my life?!

BLUE SUIT: 

Haha!   I have been right here.   Even if Obama and the Democrats get everything they want ... And they will... Because Mr. Obama is the consummate political gambler..., it does not fix anything in the end.

BLACK DRESS:

Don't blame just the Republicans.   They are ALL playing a game with our future, Harry Reid and Obama are just as much to blame.   Obama won't talk with the House,,,, blames everyone else for what is going on,... puts down the Tea Party group.   Obama seems to forget that they were all elected by a great many people.   He'd truly rather be playing golf or taking vacations with his family costing tax players millions of dollars, per vacation.   During this shut down, the Obama told his people to make it is hard on Americans as possible.   This is a leader? Our debt has almost doubled since he is in office, and he just wants to spend more.   Et cetera.   Et cetera.   Don't just listen to nightly news or CNN, get your facts from other sources.   The truth is out there.   Figure it out before this country goes down to 3rd world status, or worse.

POLKA-DOT DRESS:

Where do you get your so-called 'facts'?   Vacations with his family costing tax players millions of dollars?   You're sick!   Actually, a lot of those tea-party Republicans are representing a very SMALL percent of their population because of gerrymandering.   They're not accurately representing their constituents.

BLACK DRESS:

Regardless, they were elected by a majority of the voters in their districts.   You have to give them credit for sticking to their promises to their constituents to help reduce the debt and spending and to fight against the ever increasing control of the government in our lives.   As witnessed by Bengazi; the IRS scandal; data collecting and more.   This is not the free country where I was raised.

BLUE SUIT: 

Sorry, you are so wrong in so many ways.   The mess we are in is a direct result of Republican's wanting to destroy Obamacare at any cost to the country and by a small group of radical tea party extremists who use lies and misinformation including calling the president a radical Muslim to get their warped messages across.   You need to get your facts straight.   You can begin by stop listening to "Rushbo" and FOX news.

BLACK DRESS:

There is more information out there than Fox News.   You want to talk about Obamacare - the Affordable Care Act?   Too many people are not aware that they are the same thing...Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi rammed this through against the wishes of at least 73 percent of the population according to ... Yes Fox News.   Our politicians voted for a 2000 + page bill without reading it.   Who does that?   Remember Nancy Pelosi saying,"We'll have to pass it so we can find out what is in it".   Is that anyway to run a country?   I have other things to do so, see ya' later .

POLKA-DOT DRESS:

Some people are still buying that increasing control, Benghazi, etc.   Where were they were Bush was starting two wars, the embassy/consulate attacks in 11 places with 60 deaths, where was the outrage over wiretapping and water-boarding.   Where were you then?   Where were you when science was disregarded and our fed departments were taken over by Oral Roberts University grads.   Where was your outrage over Brownie?   Where's your outrage over religious factions trying to impose their values on all of us?

BLACK DRESS:

You don't know if I was outraged or not.   My POINT was, don't just blame the Republicans period.

BLUE SUIT: 

Ok! 80% Republicans, 20% Democrats.

BLACK DRESS:

I have never seen our country so divided.   This is not solely the fault of Republicans or Democrats but EVERYONE in office: Independent, Moderates, Liberals, Conservatives, et cetera.   And their division is dividing a once peaceful nation.   If we listen to rhetoric instead of thinking for ourselves, the war will be within our own nation's borders instead of some third world country.   American against American.   I never thought I'd see the day that could happen.   While we may disagree on issues, the way our nation was designed was to balance ALL parties needs and beliefs, not one or another.   That's why our forefathers had the foresight to build a democracy, and we're about to let our leaders - both sides - tear it apart.   Think about your friends and neighbors instead of who's at fault.   If your friend or neighbor has differing views from you, would you be willing to go to war with them?   Perhaps to the death? Be careful, be careful.

BLUE SUIT: 

What, exactly, did the Democrats do to cause this?   They refused to accept a shutdown of a legally passed law?   Ah, I see...   Not.   I thought you were leaving?

POLKA-DOT DRESS:

Repubs now represent many who live in carefully carved out districts with complex shapes.   And this, is your idea of how our country should work?

BLUE SUIT: 

So the government will open tomorrow.   Good!   The ACA is intact.   Good!   Cruz was appropriately knocked down.   Good!   The Tea Party lost a BIG ONE!   Very BIG... VERY Good!   We have to go through all this again in January, February.   Very, very BAD!   Let's hope the extreme side of the Republican legislature got the shit knocked out of them enough so that they tuck their tail between their legs and go away.   But don't hold your breath.  Maybe you'd better hold your breath until the stench passes.

POLKA-DOT DRESS:

Is the shutdown ending?   I haven't heard.   However, a repeat next year, while bad, would still have the appropriate effect on Republican candidates in November.   I'm concerned that in the time between now and then, they will be presenting all sorts of excuses for themselves and thinking that "we the people" have forgotten how stupide and infantile they acted .   I have better things to do.   See ya' later.