Rachel Maddow showed several videos and print evidence, documenting republicans intent to shutdown our government, even before they were elected in 2010, i am sure there's more. They want to "make it so small, it can be drown in a bath tub". Downing means get rid of it, kill it. And that's all they have done. It's not like they have so much as drafted one jobs bill, or any legislation to help recovery the economy in 4.9 years. All they have done however, create one crisis after the other, history making number of filibusters, one fake scandal after the other, threatening to shut down the government and then shutting it down, threatening to default on the debt, lowering our credit rating for the first time in this country's history. Now threatening to do it for the second time in history within 2 years.
I understand, if certain conditions develops during the political process and in the making of law, or during negotiations may lead to a shutdown, but never before have we had evidence of pre planning to do it, in the case of tea party republicans. But that's exactly what happened. Not only is there proof of their intentions to shut down the government, there is proof after they shut it down they were gleeful, "giddy" and celebratory about it.
To show their intent, not only did they insist on defunding ACA in return for a vote on the resolution, they are now threatening to default in exchange for raising the debt ceiling and as of today, defunding Obamacare again. This shows their insistence on shutting down the government, but also putting the last nail in the American government's coffin, to drown it, kill it. And for this, they are already showing signs of being willing and gleeful about that too.
Republicans actions are going much farther than the ordinary political process, but premeditated treason and conspiracy to to overthrow our government.
Add to this as proof of their conspiracy, the meeting republicans had on the night of president's Obama inauguration in Jan 2009, when the country was on the brink of a second great depression, they conspired to make Obama fail, make him a one term president by obstructing everything he tries to do for the economy, and his nominees to cabinet and judge positions. Obama failing especially at that time, meant the country failed. They showed no concern that the country could go into a second depression. No, making Obama fail and therefor the government, was more important to them.
Then they proceeded in doing just that, with historical filibusters of nearly all nominees and bills passed by democrats. So much so, there were 231 filibusters in his first term. They filibustered Obama 40% more times in his first term, than Democrats filibustered republicans since 1991. All done while president Obama and Democrats were trying to recover the economy.
Now with the Debt ceiling approaching us on Oct 17th, we find there is evidence, they planned to cause more crisis. When they met at the beginning of Obama's second term. The patterns of crisis including fake scandals one after the other, is farther evidence their evil intentions towards our government. They haven't so much as drafted a single jobs bill in 4.9 years, because their intent on drowning our government is all they want. They don't want to do anything for the government and it's citizens.
Republicans consistent patterns of filibusters, fake scandals, planning to shut down the government before they were elected, once causing our credit rating to drop and now on the verge of doing it again, leaves no question of their intent, they are conspiring to make our government so small, it can be KILLED in a bath tub".
All of them need to be indicted for treason, conspiring to destroy the government of the United States. For it's not like they have done anything else for 4.9 years. Not even the country's economical situation, nor the fact we are at war has detoured them.