Media Claims the GOP at Fault for Shutdown: Yeah Pretty Much

Well it seems the news media is blaming the GOP for the shutdown. Um, unfortunately they are right.

Of the 124 stories broadcast on the ABC, NBC and CBS nightly newscasts about the shutdown from Oct. 1 through Oct. 15, the study found 41 blamed Republicans or conservatives for the impasse, 17 blamed both sides and none specifically blamed Democrats.

In the two weeks leading up to the shutdown, the MRC said, the same networks ran 21 stories blaming Republicans, four blaming both sides and none blaming Democrats.

That's 62 blaming Republicans and none blaming Democrats for those of you keeping score at home.

In this case they are actually reporting the facts. It was the GOP that tried to use a shutdown and a threat of world economic catastrophe to de-fund, delay, deflate, defecate on Obamacare. They failed miserably and were left with their backs to the wall when Obama wouldn't cooperate. As if Obama would have actually dismantled the only domestic policy victory of his first term.

What is sad is the GOP could have done nothing and just harped that the Obamacare was a dismal failure and had a stronger hand in 2014. They could have had an Obamacare fix-it plan up and running right after that. Instead they will probably lose seats and destroy themselves.