I think we have to admit that McCain does bare some resemblance to Smeagol.
I think the problem with the Tea Partiers is that they see it as being their way or nothing. I understand their perspective and conviction but I think the issue is that they want to do it ALL at once. No compromise, every vote they make must include everything they think has to be done for the next 20 years of government. I think the problem is if we do it their way the whole economy is going to come crashing down. People compl
The lack of compromise is one thing but my issue with most if them is an apparent lack of sense. Yes we all hate raising taxes but they don't seem to understand simple economics where cutting costs can only do so much without increasing revenue.
We're seeing what was predicted two or three years ago. The Tea Party is poisonous to the Republicans, not the Democrats. It's pretty clear that Boehner is at maximum frustration level, and I think it's beginning to dawn on mainline and moderate Republicans that the Tea Party tail is now wagging the GOP dog. There's a level of hysterical irrationality about the Tea Party that is now coming into full view. They're not interested in governing at all.
I'm sure the White House has a long list of contingencie
The Tea Party apparently represents the will of the people as was demonstrated by the people voting them in in large enough numbers to shake the status quo. They are poisonous to "Party Politics" and the "Culture of Washington" and that is by design. That is what the people want to change, poison, kill. They will not fall back on their promises, and you deride them for that. No wonder this country is in such a mess. It's people like you, who cannot see the forest for the trees, who can only see in blue and
The United States is a representative democracy, not a direct one. That means, some times, the representatives have to think beyond the sometimes errant, even moronic views of the masses. The masses, in turn, have the opportunity to turf those representatives at the end of their term if they feel they've been ill served.
If those voters who support the Tea Party think an absolutist stand against tax cuts leading to a default will somehow improve their lot in life, then those voters are sadly mistaken. Wha
I don't consider myself to be tea-party as I'm a libertarian (yeah, I know you just stopped reading and will start the ad-hominem attacks now). But you are sorely mistaken...
First of all, the US is not a representative democracy. It is a constitutional republic. The fact that people elect representatives in a democratic fashion does not make us a democracy. New laws are still supposed to follow the Constitution regardless of how popular they are.
The Constitution itself does permit congress "To borrow mo
The Air Force and Marines are logical extensions of the Army and Navy clauses of the Constitution. The FBI is debatable, the NSA, TSA, and FCC can definitely go. Add to that the IRS, CIA, FEMA, Departments of Education, Agriculture, Energy, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, get rid of Social Security, Welfare, Medicare, Medicade, and such and that will solve our budget problem right up. And we could even afford to have some tax cuts.
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We're seeing what was predicted two or three years ago. The Tea Party is poisonous to the Republicans, not the Democrats. It's pretty clear that Boehner is at maximum frustration level, and I think it's beginning to dawn on mainline and moderate Republicans that the Tea Party tail is now wagging the GOP dog. There's a level of hysterical irrationality about the Tea Party that is now coming into full view. They're not interested in governing at all.
I'm sure the White House has a long list of contingencie
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The Tea Party is poisonous to the Republicans
The Tea Party apparently represents the will of the people as was demonstrated by the people voting them in in large enough numbers to shake the status quo. They are poisonous to "Party Politics" and the "Culture of Washington" and that is by design. That is what the people want to change, poison, kill. They will not fall back on their promises, and you deride them for that. No wonder this country is in such a mess. It's people like you, who cannot see the forest for the trees, who can only see in blue and
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The United States is a representative democracy, not a direct one. That means, some times, the representatives have to think beyond the sometimes errant, even moronic views of the masses. The masses, in turn, have the opportunity to turf those representatives at the end of their term if they feel they've been ill served.
If those voters who support the Tea Party think an absolutist stand against tax cuts leading to a default will somehow improve their lot in life, then those voters are sadly mistaken. Wha
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I don't consider myself to be tea-party as I'm a libertarian (yeah, I know you just stopped reading and will start the ad-hominem attacks now). But you are sorely mistaken...
First of all, the US is not a representative democracy. It is a constitutional republic. The fact that people elect representatives in a democratic fashion does not make us a democracy. New laws are still supposed to follow the Constitution regardless of how popular they are.
The Constitution itself does permit congress "To borrow mo
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damn right. Like the Air Force, Marines, FBI, NSA, TSA, FCC, wait a sec - what were we talking about again?
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We were talking about how the Tea Party seems to believe that about 150 years of history never happened.
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The Air Force and Marines are logical extensions of the Army and Navy clauses of the Constitution. The FBI is debatable, the NSA, TSA, and FCC can definitely go. Add to that the IRS, CIA, FEMA, Departments of Education, Agriculture, Energy, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, get rid of Social Security, Welfare, Medicare, Medicade, and such and that will solve our budget problem right up. And we could even afford to have some tax cuts.