The "working class" who voted the crazy folks to power, need to see what "Small Gubmint" truly is

[maxrandb]

While it would be devastating, one positive aspect of default would be a "teachable" moment for the Tea-baggers. Repukes have been trying to kill the New Deal since they unanimously voted against it 70 years ago! This whole "debt ceiling dog and pony show" is just the latest attempt.

If the Repukes truly push this economy off of the cliff, they will suffer the consequences at the voting booth. In a perfect world, after the nutjobs cheerily march us to slaughter, you shouldn't be able to find two Republicans to "rub together in a public men's room". If they bring about financial ruin, their party should die with the economy. I'm sure I'm not the only one who would see that as a "good" thing.

If they break it, they own it. And if they break it...they should have no part in fixing it, and if they do...if they are rewarded politically for what they have done...THEN AMERICA AS WE KNOW IT IS TRULY LOST FOREVER.

The problem with these people is that they are American citizens that make between $37-$42K a year, and they've identified their enemy as their fellow Americans that make between $40-$45K a year.

Marge and Ray, and the other ass-hat Tea-baggers that elected this bunch of batshit crazy politicians, think that they will continue getting their Medicare, Social Security, Student Loans, VA and Government Pensions, etc., AND, it will only be those "elite" union working Americans that will suffer. Afterall, "gubmint" spending for their benefits are fine. They paid for them, and they don't want that evil "gubmint" getting involved in their Medicare and Social Security.

The ass-hat Tea-baggers think that the ONLY ONE'S THAT ARE GOING TO SUFFER ARE THEIR FELLOW AMERICANS WHO they perceive as SUCKING AT THE TEAT IN THEIR "CUSHY" $40-$45k A YEAR JOBS.

I'm sorry to say it, but the "working people" who voted for these bastards...DESERVE TO BE THROWN UNDER THE BUS!

Maybe they will understand how "fucked in the head" Limbaugh and Hannity are when the bus tires are crushing their "Medicare provided Scooters" from The Scooter Store....prefereably with them strapped to the seat!

[emulatorloo]

1. The people who voted for the Republicans in 2010 were voting for "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs" That is what

they were promised by Republican Candidates. We all knew that was a lie. But if you only got your news from the media, it would be easy to beleive the Republicans were honest politicians and eager to attack the issue of unemployment. For example, the majority of the media acted as if Sharon Angle was a credible candidate rather than a fringe extremist.

So while I agree with you about the consequences of the 2010 election, I can't really blame the voters. They were duped by some very unscrupiulous characters, added an abetted by the media.

Please note the amount of buyer's remorse that we are seeing in the States that went from Democratic Control to Total Republican Control in the 2010 election. Those voters got a hard lesson.

[obxhead]

2. The really funny part is the union workers they hate so much

will have a little something as it all comes down. The non union teabaggers will be hurt far more by their "small gubmint."

[lumberjack_jeff]

3. Exhibit #1 counterpoint to the "DU is mainstream-Center Pro-Working Class FDR/LBJ Democrats"

unrec. Working people don't deserve to be kicked further under the bus.

[Ruby the Liberal]

4. Working people who vote for teabaggers do

Given as how they are fucking with the entire nation.

If these guys want to 'elect' these people to represent them, then 'elect' them to be spokesperson to the media and town hall events and keep them out of our government.

[maxrandb]

5. They're not being "kicked further under the bus"

They "threw themselves under the bus with both hands" when they went to the polls last November.

[lumberjack_jeff]

6. Yet you make no attempt to separate the wheat from the chaff.

It's okay if the working class suffers, because you're pretty sure most of 'em are teabaggers.

[Ruby the Liberal]

7. Suggest you re-read the title

I don't know how much clearer OP could have made his/her point.

[lumberjack_jeff]

9. Oh, I get it.

It's semantically identical to "Muslims who support terrorists should be unsurprised when the bombs rain on their heads."

If you don't support terrorists, you have nothing to fear, right? Unfortunately, the "small gubmint" economy is no more discriminating than the bombs which destroyed Falluja.

[maxrandb]

10. No, but I'm pretty sure that a bunch of them got all riled-up

because we have an African-American President, and they marched to the polls en masse to give us a Repuke majority in the House, and "super majorities" in State houses, that just happened to coincide with the re-drawing of Congressional Districts...

And I'm sure enough liberals and progressives stayed home, because even though this President and the Democrats passed the most Progressive Health Care Reform legislation...(hell...most "progressive" bill...PERIOD) since the New Deal, but since it didn't have a government option, or we didn't bring troops home beginning on January 21st...or who knows why the hell else they didn't get out to counter the Teabaggers...that NOW, we end up where we are.

Are we supposed to "reward" them for their "astute" votes?

Are we supposed to let the Repukes dismantle the New Deal without so much as a wimper?

Sometimes you have to beat a fool...and these people are fools. They voted for this shit...let them have it! Maybe when the reality of a "balanced budget amendment" slaps them in the face, or maybe when their mom and dad are thrown out in the streets, it might hit them.

Look, if the Bush presidency didn't wake these idiots up...then what will?

[izquierdista]

8. A Zen like riddle

What is a "teachable moment" to a bag of sawdust?

[LWolf]

11. Can we not stereotype "working class" people as teabaggers and right-wing nut-jobs??

I can generalize your statement to say that the voting public of the U.S. who voted in corporate-owned neoliberals and neoconservatives in both the major parties need to step out of their box and vote some people in who won't be bought.

If we throw every citizen who voted for a corrupt politician under the bus, there won't be many legal voters left.