My short LTTE re Tea Partiers.

[CTyankee]

To the editor:

While it is truly touching to see the Tea Partiers’ outpouring of concern over the future of our children, where were all these “patriots” when George W. Bush was running up the deficit as fast as he could?

Had Mr. Bush preserved the surplus left him by President Clinton, had he not put two wars and a massive Medicare entitlement on the country’s “credit card” and had he enforced regulation of the financial markets, we would not face the deficits we are now seeing. The Tea Partiers, whose age demographic shows they are primarily over the age of 45, were old enough to see what Bush was doing. Yet they said nothing, carried no signs and exhibited no anguish about the future of the children. And NOW they are upset?

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[rfranklin]

1. Nicely put!

To the point.

[CTyankee]

4. I wanted it to be snappy...

I got some hate mail last time I sent a LTTE. Anonymous, naturally.

[GentryDixon]

6. My newspaper does not allow Anonymous.

Accountability, they say. I hope your letter is printed. It is short and right to the heart of the matter.

[CTyankee]

7. No, I meant that the person sending me hate mail did not sign a name.

I have to put my name on an LTTE...

[GentryDixon]

8. Sorry. My bad.

[CTyankee]

9. It was sent snail mail on a torn half sheet of paper...

The writer made a crude sexual reference about President Clinton...in my letter I had compared Bush to Clinton's success in balancing the budget and producing a surplus in the Treasury. So somehow I was "servicing" Clinton sexually...these people are SO predictable, aren't they?

[GentryDixon]

10. What a coward.

But then we know that, don't we?

[gmoney]

2. Hope they print it!

[Cheap_Trick]

3. This would make a great Facebook status. nt

[denverbill]

5. Good letter! n/t

[lunatica]

11. Teapartiers love wars started by the US

Especially kick ass wars where our superior weapons can wipe them off the face of the earth. They identify with the US as a military superpower and fear that Obama is making friends and maybe stopping wars of entitlement. Wars waged just because we want to wage them.

They don't want to be equal to other countries. They want to be the Sole Superpower baddass on the planet forever.

They so believe in wrapping themselves in the American flag that they literally do it by wearing as much clothing, hats, boots, jewelry, and scarves that depicts the flag as they can layer on because their patriotism is so great that they have to become the walking symbol of patriot.

[blm]

12. well done...

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[elleng]

13. LOVELY, YANK!

to which paper?

'Challenge' tonight?

[CTyankee]

16. The New Haven Register..sometimes I wonder why I even bother...

I ran the challenge yesterday...the smarties here at DU got the right answer pretty quickly..we have folks like yourself who are really GOOD.

Here's the thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8162306

It a photo...look at it first before scrolling down...I think you'll know it!

[elleng]

17. Gee, missed the challenge! How COULD I?

hahaha!

LA Traviata, live from the Met, on npr now!

'chatting' about Sen. Leahy's Italian heritage, above. Whodathunk???

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8164852

[CTyankee]

20. I posted around 5 pm...a good time for me on Fridays as things are slow here.

My husband likes to go for a drink with buddies at a local pub...a nice gathering but a bit too noisy for me so I join him just every now and then...I enjoy my quiet time at home more...

[elleng]

19. DEAR yank,

'Quite a story in 1966...' is that's the year I graduated from college! and hadn't made it to Florence by that time, sole Roma! (y Luxembourg, y Moscva!)

[Cha]

14. Good job, CTyankee..

This must be in the Cosmic Conscienceness now..I had to relate this information about bush to a co-worker friend of mine tonight when she started complaining about "all the money being spent".

I said Clinton left a huge surplus and bushcheney spent it all without anything to show for it ..President Obama & the Dems are spending for Recovery and are making sure they find ways to pay for it..and building a solid infrastructure for our country.

And, all the while Lies and cheap shots are being hurled at him from every which way.

[CTyankee]

21. Oh, the repukes just say that Obama has increased the deficit much MORE than

Bush. But Bush left the mess for Obama to clean up. If Bush were still in charge our economy would have collapsed by now...funny how NOT ONE of these republicans have come up with a solution they would have offered (except their mantra "tax cuts for the wealthy").

[mikekohr]

15. THE LAST 3 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTS HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR NEARLY 100% OF OUR INCREASE IN THE DEBT

Every President, from Truman to Nixon, steadily paid down the staggering debt that was run up in our fight against Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. That pattern came to a screeching halt with Reagan/Bush and Bush. Clinton’s fiscal policy was a brief respite during this orgy of deficit spending.

Clinton balanced 5 budgets, which is 5 times as many balanced budgets as the last 5 Republican presidents combined.


President Obama, like President Clinton, inherited a sea of red ink and a recession from his predecessor. He, like President Clinton, recognizes the importance of getting America back to work and then getting our fiscal house in order.

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See National Debt Graph @: http://zfacts.com/p/318.html


WHY DO REPUBLICAN ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES EXPAND THE NATIONAL DEBT?
-The answer is simple mathematics. Reduced revenue + increased spending ='s increased debt-


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(click to enlarge)
http://cedarcomm.com/~stevelm1/usdebt.htm

The two biggest promises of "Trickle Down Economics" are it's greatest failings. Proponents of "Trickle Down Economics” claim that tax cuts, skewed to the rich, will create jobs and increase tax revenues. The graph above disproves the latter claim. Job creation plummets under "Trickle Down Economics (see http://bureaucountydems.blogspot.com/p/job-growth.html )and nine of the last ten recessions have occurred under Republican leadership (see http://bureaucountydems.blogspot.com/p/history-of-recessions.html ).

Two things are certain to grow when a Republican is in the White House, unemployment and the National Debt.


By contrast, "Bubble Up" economnic priciples practiced by Democratic Administrations put people to work, rev up the economy, and balance the Nation's ledger books. Every time. No exceptions.

mike kohr http://bureaucountydems.blogspot.com/

[elleng]

18. I'll overstate and call it a SIN

that those pugs 'complain' about tax and spend Dems.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

22. The Teabaggers didn't know that Bush was clocking up a huge deficit

they had no clue what he was doing. They were pleased with his anti terra and tax cuts. They loved the way big corps were handling the economy.

[CTyankee]

23. Yep, and now they are "watch dogs" of the deficit!!!

They didn't give a crap how big the bill was getting and now they are "shocked...shocked...and so 'concerned' about the children!"

Turns my stomach...

[Rosa Luxemburg]

24. maybe wriring some letters

LTTE of newspapers and calling into the radio may be the best to get the real message over?