Senator Demonstrates How Obama May Have Planned Shutdown Last Year With “Malicious” Intent – With Video

April 7th, 2011 (2) Posted By Pat Dollard.

Real Clear Politics:

Senator: Obama May Have Planned Shutdown Last Year With “Malicious” Intent

Freshman GOP Senator Mike Lee (Utah) says President Obama’s inability to get a budget passed last year may have been “deliberate.”

“It was either irresponsible on one hand or deliberate and malicious on the other with intention to bring about a sequence of events that would culminate inevitably in a government shutdown,” Senator Mike Lee said on the Senate floor today.

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The Hill:

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) suggested Thursday that President Obama might have begun planning a government shutdown last year with “malicious” intent.

“Why was it that a few months ago … when the president had both Houses under the control of his party — why did he opt not to pass a budget for fiscal year 2011?” asked Lee, who helped found the Senate’s Tea Party Caucus earlier this year.

“It was either irresponsible on one hand or deliberate and malicious on the other with intention to bring about a sequence of events that would culminate inevitably in a government shutdown,” said Lee.

The spending measure funding the government is set to expire at midnight Friday.

President Obama has threatened to veto a one-week stopgap measure passed by the House Thursday afternoon that includes language that would prohibit the District of Columbia from using local government funds for abortion services. It is opposed by Senate Democrats and is not expected to reach Obama’s desk.

“The question we have to ask ourselves is: Why does Barack Obama, president of the United States, want a shutdown?” Lee said in his floor speech.

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  • wwtd

    Pretty much a no brainer from the kenyan. Saw that train rolling.

  • Tyler 520

    of course it was intentional.

    The 1996 shutdown was fabricated to ensure Clinton another victory.

    This all could have been avoided had the Democrat-controlled congress passed a spending bill as they are LEGALLY REQUIRED TO DO! They decided to pass the buck (pun intended) to soften the blow of the 2010 elections. They are now passing the buck yet again to put the Republicans against the wall, and pass them the buck yet again so that all responsibility can be (artificially) placed in their lap.