Tea party to GOP: We could make 'examples' of you over debt ceiling

[underpants]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) -- Right now, some Republican lawmakers in Washington may be wondering how to wiggle out from between a rock and a hard place.

On one hand, they're staring at a possible financial nightmare if the nation's debt limit isn't raised. On the other, many are feeling the heat from tea party demands that bluntly warn: Vote against us and suffer political consequences.

What they're saying around the country is, "Do not raise the debt ceiling. It's that simple. It's time for Congress to get its fiscal house in order," Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin told CNN. The group is the nation's largest tea party organization.

Brendan Steinhauser, director of federal and state campaigns for the Washington-based FreedomWorks, explained that he and other activists understand the possible financial implications if the debt limit is not raised.





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[Kingofalldems]

1. Teabaggers are funny

[iwishiwas]

3. they are hold the Repug party hostage.

[Avalux]

2. Hostile takeover of the GOP? Bwaahahaha!

It's fantastic, watching them do this. Fantastic and also scary as hell.

[CarmanK]

4. tbaggers lose power if GOP goes down in 2012 anyway!!

the tbaggers had to cancel their convention for lack of interest. The GOP has lots of money, but it seems that real people are beginning to understand that the tbaggers are the successors to the extreme right that was rejected by the country for several years. They are wearing out their welcome and FREEDOM WORKS is going to have to come up for a new GRASS ROOTS movement, at least in name only.

[bulloney]

14. How much of a factor are the teabaggers as far as number of voters are concerned?

Their convention and other events have been major busts.

They've been such a media/Koch Bros. fabrication that I think their perception is greater than their reality.

The Repubs should just tell the teabaggers to take a hike and crawl back in the hole they came from.

[notadmblnd]

5. tea party = Koch brothers

[No Elephants]

10. Yep. and Mrs. Clarence Thomas. Seriously, how revolting is that?

I wonder if Justices Douglas, Warren and Brennan could be brought back to life somehow.

[Lucky Luciano]

6. Brendan hasn't got the slightest clue about the implications of US default:

"Brendan Steinhauser, director of federal and state campaigns for the Washington-based FreedomWorks, explained that he and other activists understand the possible financial implications if the debt limit is not raised."

not one clue at all. The intellectually challenged have a vote equal to those with intellect. Remarkable.

[No Elephants]

11. Yeah. That whole literacy testing thing didn't work out, though.

[iamjoy]

15. Oh, I Think He Knows

I think the teabaggers who don't want us to raise the debt limit understand the consequences academically, but not from a human standpoint.

What happens if we don't raise the debt ceiling? The US will default on its loans. Our credit rating will be downgraded. This means it will be harder to get credit. They think that's a good thing because the US will have to have a balanced budget, Congress won't be able to borrow and will have to cut spending. They think that's all good.

And on the surface, it sounds good.

But, that's just the surface. Veterans wouldn't get their benefits. Senior citizens wouldn't get their Social Security checks. When seniors don't get their checks, they can't pay their bills. Senior citizens will be thrown out of their homes. The bank won't be able to sell the home, because no one can get decent credit to buy. Farmers devastated by a flood or other natural disaster won't be able to get help, either. And let's say a small business owner wants to expand but is a little short on capital. Well, they won't be able to get a small business loan. So, they won't purchase equipment or hire people.

It will make the recession thus far look like we've had it easy.

And I'm not even going to mention the other changes that they don't care about it - like the EPA not being funded and pollution increasing, OSHA not being funded so working conditions become more dangerous, the FDA/USDA not being funded so contamination of our medicine and food becomes more common...

[Confusious]

16. I think you got most of it right

It's not a matter of understanding or not understanding.

It's a matter of them thinking that the United States is exceptional and the world can't exist without us.

They really don't think anything will happen by not raising the debt ceiling because of that, and things will go on as they have before.

[elleng]

29. Exactly, no idea.

[southernyankeebelle]

7. I hope these teapublicans finally lose in the next election. I have such dislike for them.

[StarsInHerHair]

8. & yet-they don't want their Medicare changed...

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

9. big business and big media either promoted, funded

or encouraged the tea party. May they reap what they sow.

[neverforget]

12. The Wall Street created Tea Party is now a monster which Wall Street

can't control. Too funny.

Reminds me of a quote from The Hunt for Red October:
"You arrogant ass. You've killed *us*!"
(the Konovalov's own torpedo is about to strike the Konovalov)

[No Elephants]

22. Tea Party was the brainchild of the Koch Brothers, back in the 1980's

Read that in a New Yorker article within the last year or so,

[elleng]

31. and Armey picked it up and ran with it.

If Wall St. knew, it/they didn't recognize consequences. I doubt they did know.

[N7Shepard]

13. Conflicting marching orders for repukes

One set of orders from Wall Street that says raise the debt ceiling.

One set of orders from the Teabags that says don't raise the debt ceiling.

Looks like they're in trouble. I expect them to go along with Wall Street - McConnell sure did when he got the memo!

[SemperEadem]

17. you lay down with dogs, you wake up with fleas

how rich: "we could make an example of you..." you all will cause the thugs to lose every election because progressives sure don't embrace you.

[saras]

30. You lay down with dogs, you wake up with funny-looking kids

Not only that, the kids just HAVE to walk all the way around the bed three times before lying down.

[cstanleytech]

18. Seems that alot of republicans in washington have become wusses.

[deacon]

19. Clueless bastids. n/t

[4dsc]

26. +1000

you are so right about these kind of people.

[struggle4progress]

20. "Don't make us say bad things about you when we beam back to the mothership!"

[Bo]

21. follow the Money....who will sell SHORT the U.S.

...we lose a moody rating believe me there are people who stand to make billions...

[No Elephants]

23. In other words, why does Eric Can't-er hate America so much?

[SpiralHawk]

24. Eric Cantor (R)

RepubliCons gleefully sell out America to line their own fatcat pockets.

As usual.

[lunatica]

25. What a dilemma! What's good for the country vs their re-election

That's a hard choice for sure.

:sarcasm:

[TexDevilDog]

27. Tea party or not

I don't understand why the federal government can not balance the budget, raise the taxes or cut the spending.

My wife and I balance our budget. In fact, we followed Dave Ramsey's plan and paid off all our debts except for the mortgage.

What could the federal government spend billions on if it didn't have to pay interest on the debt?

[saras]

28. One thing the Republicans have historically been good at...

I want to see the Republicans stomp, chew, and spit out the Tea Party the way they'd treat a LIBERAL group who dared to threaten them in this manner...

[Courtesy Flush]

32. Aren't these the guys who can't get 30 people to attend a rally? nt

[andym]

33. How can the tea partiers have so much power with the GOP, when liberal groups like MoveOn have so

little with the Democratic Party? Is is just a matter of numbers? The fact that the tea party is backed by talk radio and Fox News?

[fascisthunter]

34. You Mean the way you make Examples of yourselves to the rest of the Country?