Update: The debt deal passed the Congress. Obama signed it into law. I am embarrassed today to have succumbed to supporting this piece of shit as discussed below. It seemed like the right thing to do and it ultimately pissed off the far left which is good, but it also pissed off the Tea Party which is not. The country spends too much money. This doesn't help much at all.
I support the Tea Party. I attended the big protest in D.C., supported the local protests and was involved during the November 2010 election. But today they are getting on my nerves. This country needs to move past this debt ceiling impasse. At some point you are going to have to compromise. The Tea Party needs to allow the GOP to take this victory. The Boehner plan sucks but it does no good to stab the man in the heart just to make your point.
Yes I believe in principals. I understand that some of these representatives are standing for their principals. But in doing so the potential for unwinding the victories in Nov 2010 and seeing Obama win in 2012 are real. take the victory today and work on getting another down the road.
Look if it wasn’t for the Tea Party we wouldn’t be having this conversation. They would have raised the debt limit with no strings and just kept on spending, probably adding taxes and driving us down the socialist road. But some of these reps have got to not be so rigid. It’s a long fight. We don’t have to win it all today. You can't change the government immediately. The Tea Party is squandering it's momentum with this ill-advised squabble with Boehner.
I believe that the leadership, Boehner, Issa, Ryan, Pence, West, etc., are all doing what they can in a political shitpile. What else can they possibly do? Nothing they pass will make it through the Senate or past the Presidential robo veto pen.
I don't believe that the government should raise the debt ceiling. In a perfect world we wouldn't have to. In a perfect world the Socialists and leftists would not be in the Senate and we could actually cut spending, reduce strangling regulations and grow the economy, getting people back to work and paying taxes. But that isn't reality.
We have to defeat them when we can. With the Boehner plan we can once again defeat them. We did during the Cut, Cap and Balance plan and we can do it again. But stabbing the Speaker in the back by not even voting on something is just wrong. Let's send Boehner's plan to the Senate and make them the shit heads. As it is the Tea Party and rigid reps are pissing people off. We simply do not have the power with the Tea Party to fully control this debate. Take the fucking victory that you can!
I understand your point of view... but the congressional Tea Party freshman made promises and they will be stabbing their constituents in the back if they support Boehner's plan... a real catch 22 situation.
ReplyDeleteYou have to be a complete idiot when you see what the Tea
ReplyDeleteParty dumb asses are doing. There uneducated with the process and you got people like Michelle Bachmann, Joe Walsh, Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan their clueless they lie, preach family values 1 owing 117k child support, taking govt. handouts. Ryan has land that he would benefit from his own plan........there just like the status quo of politics and then there is the followers like yourself that believe they have it all solved. Hope your not on social security! LOL
@Mark - It's a real problem. I basically regret supporting the debt deal that made it through the House now. The end result is a pile of shit. Nothing is changed.
ReplyDelete@Extreme Radical - Before calling someone an idiot you might want to check your own grammar and spelling, genius. LOL-DUH