Who else is mad as hell that 49 assholes from gerrymandered districts have shut down the government?

[bluesbassman]

You know, the more I ponder this situation, the more angry I get. I used to just think of teabaggers in general as a nuisance and annoyance, but the fact that they have effectively put a gun to the head of the GOP and brought it to it's knees is really pissing me off.

Reality check: Teabagger stooges in Congress do not represent the "will of the people". They represent a small group of people who have bought a fabricated ideology that at best is nothing more than pandering to irrational fears, bigotry, and ignorance.

Sorry, just had to vent a little.

[redstatebluegirl]

1. Yep, it makes me pretty angry that they were allowed to do this.

[Ilsa]

2. I get so angry when I hear the news

and read DU about those bastards. They KNOW they are in the minority, but they want to have their hussy fit and screw everyone over.

[Blue Owl]

3. Of the assholes, For the assholes, By the assholes

[valerief]

21. And what do you get from assholes? Nothing but shit. nt

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Me.

[kydo]

5. Me

[Rex]

6. WOW! Someone decided to put the blame firmly where it is due!

K&R for a no bullshit thread.

[Warren DeMontague]

7. Answer: Most of America.

[phantom power]

8. I'm not feeling any sympathy for the "moderate" GOP.

First of all, even though "tea party" is a useful concept, there is no tea party. There are only Republicans. There are no candidates with a (T) after their names. Second, the rest of the GOP very deliberately danced with this devil for years, because it was useful to them. If their pet monster is out of its cage now, fuck them for creating it in the first place. I, for one, want to see the entire GOP routed for a generation by hanging the fucking "tea partiers" around their neck.

[bluesbassman]

16. The reality is that for a system like ours to work, there has to be at least two major parties.

And while you are technically right that there is no "Tea Party", effectively they do exist as a fringe element of the GOP. Yes, the GOP has danced with many "fringe" elements like the Tea Party and the Religious Right over the years, and it has been to the detriment of our country, but the fact still remains that pretty much half the population identifies as conservative, and without a rational party to represent them we will continue to see these manufactured "crisis".

I too hope that the tea partiers are hung around the GOP's collective neck in future elections. Perhaps we may see the pendulum swing back a little more toward the center.

[Bluenorthwest]

37. You are dead on accurate.

I think it is important to call them what they are Republicans. Plain old garden variety Republicans.

[doc03]

9. Damn right and we can't give one inch. n/t

[pitbullgirl1965]

10. Me!

Did anyone think it would get this bad after President Obama 2008 election? I knew it would be a bit nasty but I didn't think people would be this unhinged.
And the sad thing is some of them will blame the Dems for not "reaching across the aisle" and compromising.

[defacto7]

11. Add me to the list.

[hootinholler]

12. Hmmm, seems to me that it takes more than 49 to shut this down.

I expect the leadership has something to do with it.

[bluesbassman]

17. True hoot, but that leadership is caving to an ugly, but very vocal minority.

And it's a minority that is backed by some serious cash that threatens the majority with being primaried. That is where the real threat is, it has nothing to do with the ACA or the debt limit. It all boils down to them keeping their spots.

[hootinholler]

18. Really it's the cash in the background

The leadership know they will face a well funded primary opponent if they don't toe the line.

We can thank the Roberts court for enabling that situation.

Other than chaos creates opportunity, I don't readily see what the Koch bros get out of a shutdown.

[jeff47]

13. No, 1 man has.

Captain Orange could bring a "clean" CR to vote, and it would pass - Democrats + sane Republicans would easily provide a majority.

[mnhtnbb]

14. Do not apologize for speaking truth. It is UNCONSCIONABLE that so few people

have managed to pull the levers of power in such a way that so many people
will be hurt.

Fuck them. Fuck them all. I have been fantasizing all day about bringing back the stocks.
Putting these treasonous--and that's what they are--"representatives" in stocks
on the steps of the Capitol so that ANYONE could come by and verbally berate them.

That's what they deserve.

How in the hell has this country come to this point?

[young_at_heart]

15. I live in a gerrymandered district...McHenry (ugh) is now my rep

It was one of the first things done by the new Republican congress in NC.

[johnd83]

19. You may actually be able to do something about him

We threw out the tea party idiot in my district in 2012...

[allinthegame]

20. If I Recall

there were lots of Dems in 2010 who carried on about not voting because Obama hadn't given us EVERYTHING we dreamed about at night (and during the day, also). Part of the responsibility lies on our shoulders. This needs to be the motivating factor to get to the polls in '014. Truly every vote counts.

[Rex]

29. Why is it so hard to blame the GOP?

Just can't stand your own party?

[B Calm]

34. +1

[Isoldeblue]

33. +1000% n/m

[Brigid]

22. Does this answer your question?

[bluesbassman]

24. Sure feels like that doesn't it?

[sulphurdunn]

23. Just lost half

the family income needed to pay bills and send the kids to college. Those responsible have made sure it doesn't cost them a dime. It's personal now. Real personal.

[bluesbassman]

25. Sorry to hear that sulphurdunn.

That's the real time results that the 'baggers don't care about.

Hope you and your family get back on track as soon as possible.

[sulphurdunn]

30. We'll make it, and

to ensure my kids make it, I aim to do all within my power to drive a steak through the heart of the Republican Party and its vampire legion. I aim to start with my own congressional representative, a useless piece of shit and blood sucking parasite if ever there was one. I'll run against the fucker myself if need be. Enough is enough.

[gopiscrap]

26. I am

[SunSeeker]

28. K & R

[TxDemChem]

31. I'm pissed, but the Teabaggers at my job sure looked worried

I wonder what they're afraid of losing right now.

[rurallib]

32. 49 assholes, 1 gutless speaker, 170 + craven cowards and 2 Koch brothers

pulling the strings on all these shit stains.
And when the Kochs are done with these jerks they will let them wander off.
I am surprised a few Republicans that have a titch of sense didn't have enough guts to stand up to the idiots. What a gutless bunch of cowards.

Koch brothers no doubt laughing their asses off.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

35. The magic number is 17....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023757117

[Isoldeblue]

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[handmade34]

38. mad as hell about gerrymandering, but

...the fault of the shutdown and continued appeasement of the Teabaggers is placed on only one man... John Boehner!!

Boehner can end all of this immediately and yet he chooses not to

[bluesbassman]

41. True that. Boehner is not just an asshole, he's spineless asshole.

Beneath contempt really.

[SoCalDem]

45. He hasn't gotten a lucrative enough offer prom the private sector

Lazy alcoholic smoker..with little or no influence....and whose main "thing" is weeping & blubbering at the least little thing

wonder why no one is after him

[Ikonoklast]

56. He can't. If he does, he's dead as speaker, and he knows it.

If he doesn't, the Republican Party is fucked, and Teabaggers will primary every single sitting Republican in the House, making them spend a fortune to defend their seat.

Republicans almost never got primaried before the Teabaggers, it was an unwritten rule.

You would be told to wait, and take your turn to run. If you did primary a sitting member anyway, the party apparatus would shit all over any further political ambition you might have had.

Koch money and Teabagger morons changed all of that.

[SoCalDem]

39. Want to be REALLY ill? Add up their vote counts and see how few people they represent

[bluesbassman]

43. Aw c'mon SoCal, my BP can only take so much today.

It is truly sickening.

[SoCalDem]

44. I actually did it a few months ago..grueling task..

I think I posted about it but cannot find the thread.. It was disgusting how so few people from various places upset the applecart and set us on this perilous path.. and the really sad part? these cretins are SAFE and will probably be sent back to congress..

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

40. If they want to shut it down, lets give them a general strike.

Any thoughts?

[2naSalit]

46. well...

perhaps they could be impeached and banned from ever holding office again. Most of us have legal standing to file as plaintiffs. For starters.

[noiretextatique]

48. great idea

every single one of these terrorists should be removed from office.

[Arugula Latte]

42. I'm so fucking mad I can't type what I am thinking.

[jwirr]

47. Gerrymandering is about as idiotic of an idea that I have ever heard of in a supposedly democratic

form of government. They choose their constituents.

[Blaukraut]

49. Yes, but more mad a Boehner and the cowardly so-called moderate Repubs

The teabaggers are what they are and they can't help themselves, but the other Republicans ought to know better instead of letting a handful of nuts lead them around like that.

[theHandpuppet]

50. They don't give a damn about the people

Fascist traitors, the lot of them!!!

[MindMover]

51. and they do not want things to change ... for the betterment of the common good

meaning that they do not want to pay any more taxes, help anyone other than themselves, keep all there guns and 50 round clips, etc ....

[SirRevolutionary]

52. I've been fuming for 24 hours

Got into a flame war on my Facebook account because I just couldn't shut my mouth about politics. Half my family posts these absurd "Obama's fault" meme pics fraught with GOP logic and stupidity day after day and I try to avoid it. But I just had to flip out last night over those teabagger scumwads which, of course, brought the reptile-minded family members to their defense.

And the best part is you just cannot argue with them. No matter what facts you bring up, their answer is always the same, "No, YOU! Neener neener!". All they seem to recognize is the largest, angriest, reptile-brained, xenophobe, fearful idiot in the room and they goosestep right along.

[raging moderate]

53. I am. Please call Randy Hultgren, 202-225-2976

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You really need to see this (recently) gerrymandered district in Northern Illinois to believe it. It is shaped like a boot (shades of Il Duce!), very tall and narrow. They got Bill Foster kicked out, but luckily Bill had enough people who had noticed how fine he was to get himself elected in another district (actually the same place pretty much). I donated to Bill's campaign, but I told his workers, I didn't really want him to get elected there; I wanted him to get re-elected in my (now defunct) district. Mr. Hultgren is very smooth and suave and manipulative, and so is the operative I talked to about the food stamp reduction they staged. That creep actually assured me that they were only going to make sure that there would be even more food stamps for the people who needed it! I told him I would be watching, and so would a lot of other people. Last night and today, I couldn't get through. However, I did leave a message on John Boehner's line, telling him, "If you see my representative Randy Hultgren, tell him that I will now pop no-doze pills as if they were candy and walk for miles door to door, to get him out of his seat, because of these latest shenanigans!"

[GreenStormCloud]

54. 49? You mean a few over 218.

All of them represent the people of the districts that voted for them.

[Incitatus]

55. I expect the bill to pass with healthcare funding and for this stunt to cost the GOP in 2014. nt