{"id":11593,"date":"2013-08-21T17:11:39","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T17:11:39","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-08-21T17:11:39","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T17:11:39","slug":"what_republican_strategy_to_defund_obamacare_and_shut_down_the_government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/08\/21\/what_republican_strategy_to_defund_obamacare_and_shut_down_the_government\/","title":{"rendered":"What Republican Strategy to Defund Obamacare and Shut Down the Government?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/\/videos\/37\/52164\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg\" alt=\"Listen to it Button\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Now, what is this?  Look at that on Fox.  Look at that.  Now, don\u2019t turn it on, folks.  I have a done that for you.  You don\u2019t need to turn on Fox.  It says, &#8220;The Republicans are backing away from a government shutdown strategy to defund Obamacare.&#8221;  There never was a government shutdown strategy.  What do you mean &#8220;Republicans are backing away from a government shutdown strategy to defund Obamacare&#8221;? There never was one.  All there was was a bunch of idle chitchat about it.<\/p>\n<p>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: I\u2019m watching Fox here as the show starts and they\u2019re doing some segment on the Republicans backing away from a government shutdown strategy on defunding Obamacare.  I don\u2019t know what I missed there, but I don\u2019t know about you, did you ever believe the Republicans in the House were ever &#8212; particularly at the leadership level &#8212; were ever considering anything that would shut down the government?  It\u2019s never been a realistic possibility.  And yet here comes the news, another Republican failure.  Now they\u2019re getting smart.  Getting smart.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/RushGOPDEMGGovShutdownObamacare.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Now, what is this? Look at that on Fox. Look at that. Now, don\u2019t turn it on, folks. I have a done that for you. You don\u2019t need to turn on Fox. It says, &#8220;The Republicans are backing away from a government shutdown strategy to defund Obamacare.&#8221; There never was a government shutdown strategy. 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