Government Shutdown

[Muffin]

You're a Tea Partier?

[Glazer]

Originally Posted by Muffin

You're a Tea Partier?

Isn't it obvious?

[Chacoguy]

The Tea Party is full of shit unless they're willing make substantial cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Defense.

[Harry]

Originally Posted by Erving #6

The Tea Party is comical, I hope this gov't shutdown has finally given the rest of America a good view of the boobs who are considered the Tea Party leadership. They have accomplished nothing. Take care.

A point of order...They have, in fact, managed to unify most of the Democratic Party. No small feat, I think. Will Rogers once said he didn't belong to an organized political party; he was a Democrat.

[eleanorigby]

Hell, yes. I know several moderate Republicans who voted for Obama this time around. The Tea Party scares the hell out of them. There's no rational, cohesive thought behind the TP. Never mind the nonsense of "smaller Gment, lower taxes". It's a party that's against stuff, not for stuff. It's hysterical, reactionary claptrap. I'm no fan of the GOP, but I used to have no problem with moderate Reps. Problem is, you can't FIND any, anymore. But it is the GOP's fault: they allowed the most radical wing of their party to muscle in. Thanks, Ronald Reagan! Such a fine President... Anyhoo, you can't reason with people like Michelle Bachman or <insert another whackadoodle's name here>.

I hope to God the President doesn't cave to these toddler tactics. You don't play chicken with the global economy, and petulance is no principle by which to run a Gment.

[The Superhero]

Originally Posted by Chacoguy

The Tea Party is full of shit unless they're willing make substantial cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Defense.

They were driven to such fits of apoplectic rage by the idea that the government might try to make the health care system somewhat more equitable for all Americans that they resorted to "taking my ball and going home" tactics in a futile effort to prevent it, as we're now seeing. I think they'd gut Medicare with a rusty iron hook and take photos of themselves grinning alongside the corpse if they thought they could get away with it.

They'd also be perfectly happy to turn Social Security over to the various bankers, fund managers and other good-ol'-boys-club MBAs who've proven to be so caring and thoughtful about the needs and interests of the non-wealthy over the last several years. They'd do it faster than you could say "The Koch Brothers can kiss my ass" if they could. Privatizing Social Security has been a far-right talking point for a good twenty years now.

Defense, though. That's sacred. Gotta make sure our military is so big and powerful that Nobody Would Ever Dare Attack Us. Just like they didn't dare attack us on 9/11.