Has it occurred to anyone else that the Teahadists WANT the federal government to default?

[LuckyTheDog]

They hate the federal government. They want it gone. As far as they are concerned, even the breakup of the United States would be a positive outcome. Those people are deeply un-American.

Boehner, if he had any character, would tell them to stuff it. In fact, if the mainstream GOPers were patriotic at all, they would join with the Democrats to isolate the Tea Party toads.

This whole thing makes me nuts.

[Avalux]

1. Of course that's what they want. The civil war never ended in their minds.

Michele Bachmann was giddy with excitement, and even said as much on the first day of the shutdown. She said she was the happiest she's ever been.

They want the world to end.

[LiberalLoner]

3. +1

[kestrel91316]

14. [phone] 000

[NYC_SKP]

2. Sure it has, they want it to fail under Obama and go back to the 19th century.

They don't give a fuck.

[0rganism]

4. yes, it becomes more obvious every day

when even goofballs like Pat Robertson are telling the GOP to fold, the teahadists continue to hold cards. This means the shutdown and looming default are working to their advantage.

Their goal as i see it: destroy the credit rating of the USA so we can't borrow on the cheap to fund the federal government anymore.

[Cha]

5. Are you kidding?! Of course they do.. the burning question is..

how do we save America?

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Is there any doubt?

They think they can do just fine on their own. Until mommy tells them to go to their room.

[BarackTheVote]

7. You're definitely not the first person to come up with this theory

I think it holds water. They hate government. They hate having to pay taxes. They hate that the government gives some people a hand when they're down on their luck. They hate that the government stands in the way of "corporate progress." Literally, the only thing they don't hate about the government is that they can use it to ostracize homosexuals, persecute women who want to be independent by putting restrictions on abortion and birth control, and the military for some reason... because it... spreads... democracy? They hate democracy. Obviously.

[orpupilofnature57]

8. Their Guru Marbles in my mouth Limbaugh said on day 1

" I want Obama to fail " and if he's the voice of the Republican party, can the inner bred sect want anything except a return to Antibellum .

[VanillaRhapsody]

9. For them its about Armageddon...

they think the U.S. is sainted by God and was created to create the chaos required before the "second coming". They want their religious war with the Middle East. They want Jesus to return...and they don't give a shit about anything else....

Well except for the fact that they can Impeach Obama if he raises the debt ceiling. There is that...

[blkmusclmachine]

12. Christian Dominionists in da House,

And blood flowing in the Streets.

[kestrel91316]

16. You've got them pegged correctly.

[VanillaRhapsody]

19. This is why they sang Amazing Grace in the House today..

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. Yup, even blogged about it

Just not here

[blkmusclmachine]

11. Republican Economic Terrorism. (my k&r statement for the day)

[Agnosticsherbet]

13. I've said that many times here.

I think their goal is to collapse the US government and return us to the Golden Age of States Rights that never really existed.

[LuckyTheDog]

21. EXACTLY! (NT)

[solarhydrocan]

15. why is everyone here so eager to bail out bankers and feed the war machine?

None of us here benefit from the policies that caused the US to go into debt in the first place.

It's bailing out the banks (80 Billion /month) and the adventures in the Middle East:

Here's where one and a half trillion has gone:

http://nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/

It's Jobs Jobs Jobs that should be the priority not wars.

When are the bankers going to jail for fraud? Why not do what Iceland did?

[liberalmuse]

18. I'm thinking of moving there.

It's someplace where they do not tolerate this sort of shenanigans.

[liberalmuse]

17. We all know what they want.

Christian fundamentalists or fundamentalists of any kind are perhaps the most dangerous among us. They want nothing less than to destroy the planet because these fuckwads believe they are special enough to survive the shit of their own making. They are so completely disconnected from reality that I don't believe it is possible to bring them back. They are lost.

[VanillaRhapsody]

20. They have been indoctrinated to have this world view...some since birth.

they have been brainwashed....and they think what they are doing is patriotic.

[2naSalit]

22. Yup.

[cry baby]

23. Yes, that thought is plaguing my brain lately.

They want to drown govt in a bathtub and start all over. Fools!

[MyshkinCommaPrince]

24. Pretty sure.

They've got a plan, to try to spin the aftermath to their advantage.