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Who’s to blame for the government shutdown?

The GOP has shut down the government for the first time in 17 years in their quest to deny health care to millions. And, yes, we can safely lay the blame for this economic shutdown at the feet of Tea Party Republicans. How do we know for sure? Isn’t this simply more bipartisan bickering? Aren’t both parties really to blame? Well, no. Just listen to what Congressional Tea Partiers said as they campaigned for office.

Rep. Lynn Westmoreland campaigns to shut down government

In September 2010, Georgia Congressman Lynn Westmoreland campaigned on the promise to shut down the Federal government in an effort to block Obamacare. It’s clear that today’s government shutdown is a political strategy being used by the far right-wing of the Republican Party. In fact, it was their plan all along. “We need to make sure you are going to be with us when we shut down the government, which we will do if we