Tea Party Leader: We'll Take The Debt Ceiling Hike If You Put Gay Troops Back In The Closet

[flpoljunkie]

Republicans, these people are your base. Do they not embarrass you? They should.

Tea Party Leader: We'll Take The Debt Ceiling Hike If You Put Gay Troops Back In The Closet
Evan McMorris-Santoro
May 9, 2011, 1:05PM

The two sides of the debate over whether the tea party is at heart a socially conservative movement or a fiscally conservative one smashed together Monday morning at a press conference in Washington, where a tea party leader told reporters he'd be willing to accept a bump in the debt ceiling if Republicans promise to put an end to "military effeminzation."

Speakers from the Cato Institute's Dan Mitchell to a man dressed as George Washington to Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) -- who sent a written statement that was read aloud -- told a small crowd of reporters that House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and his GOP leadership team were ignoring their tea party mandate by supporting an increase in the federal debt limit. They called on Republicans in the House to attach strict spending riders onto any deal they make with an Obama administration desperate to avoid government default.

For Bachmann, no less than the "complete defunding of Obamacare" would do. For others, a total spending freeze and a small, short-term limit increase was acceptable, provided it came with guarantees of deep spending cuts. For Tea Party Founding Fathers chairman William Temple, a reinstatement of Don't Ask, Don't Tell and keeping women out of combat roles would also be acceptable.

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[KamaAina]

1. How about if they just take a hike?

:puke:

[alcibiades_mystery]

9. +1

:rofl:

[richmwill]

2. This is why...

...when people try to say "Oh, the Tea Party members are just mad about government spending, and they're just fed up with how big the government has gotten...", I say bullshit. Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit you lying motherfuckers. The "Tea Party" are nothing more than a group of bitter old bigots who hate gay people, hate women, and want conservative Christians to be our only representatives in government. Prove me wrong, "Tea Party"- I'll bet you can't.

[Mister Ed]

6. +1 n/t

[The Wielding Truth]

3. Tea Party fools would kill our economy to deny civil rights. They are twisted!

They are so wrong in so many ways. I don't understand why they wish to preach the end of big government then use government to persecute personal sexual preference.

[high density]

4. What do gay troops have to do with the debt/deficit/debt ceiling?

What a bunch of nonsense.

[struggle4progress]

13. We would have balanced the budget by now, if it weren't for gays in the military!

Back when there were no gays, World War I cost the US a mere $22 billion. Then Bill Clinton invented gays and started to allow them to enlist, and just look what happened: the Iraq war is going to cost the US at least $24 trillion!

[ZombieHorde]

5. The Tea Party just seems to be a new name for Republicans.

What stance do they differ on?

[DinahMoeHum]

7. HTF does one issue have to do with the other here?

The British and Israelis have no problems with gays in the military and no one ever accuses them of being wimps. WTF is William Temple's problem?

Teabaggers like him haven't got the balls to admit their bigotry.

[alcibiades_mystery]

8. WTF does DADT have to do with the deficit

These people are cuckoo bananas.

[Zynx]

10. I think Obama's policy about negotiating with terrorists is clear.

[jenmito]

11. Aren't teabaggers supposed to be for less govt.? They shouldn't care about DADT, DOMA, or

gay marriage. They're only for no govt. interference when it comes to what THEY want.

[Nancy Waterman]

12. As usual, they hold the country hostage

The Teahadists indeed!

[Zoeisright]

14. What a bunch of racist assholes.

That's all repukes are - racist assholes.

[bhikkhu]

15. Like "we don't really care about the debt, we just want to beat people up"

It kind of tells you what their real priorities are.

[ck4829]

16. "Those dang gays are causing our debts!"

I swear, it sometimes seems like we are one step away from going back to burning 'witches' at the stake and thinking that you get sick because you have too much blood.

K&R.