From Asshole of the Day:
The whining by Republicans about things that were closed during the shutdown has reached ridiculous levels. How hard is it to understand that making Obama shutdown the government would mean closing things? As I said before, YOU shut it down, Republicans, so all the closings are YOURS, not Obama's or anyone else's.
Well, especially not Obama's since no bill ever reached his desk to fund the government. None. Zero. Zilch. Nada.
But that hasn't stopped Republicans from phony grievances, such as Eric Cantor having all the doctors in the House show up in lab coats to discuss how Obama is refusing to let up to 300 kids with cancer into the NIH trials. This, while they shut the government down to stop Obamacare which would give MILLIONS OF KIDS access to healthcare, some of whom certainly have cancer. Yes, this really happened.
And then of course there was Rep. Randy Neugebauern arguing with an park ranger as though he didn't vote for the shutdown, which he did. And the best part is that Neugebauer gets paid during the shutdown, but the park ranger does not!
And then today in Arizona, state Rep. Brenda Barton posts on Facebook:
Someone is paying the National Park Service thugs overtime for their efforts to carry out the order of De Fuhrer… where are our Constitutional Sheriffs who can revoke the Park Service Rangers authority to arrest??? Do we have any Sheriffs with a pair?
Hitler! Thugs! Overtime! If you had NO KNOWLEDGE of what's going on, that would sound bad. Of course the government is shutdown, so how can you justify keeping open a park? How? And the rangers aren't getting overtime— they aren't even being paid! But don't let facts get in the way of your smear campaign, asshole!
Full story: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/arizona-lawmaker-rages-against-de-fuhrer-obama-in-angry-facebook-post