Angry Tea Party Stirring up GOP Revolt

[LetTimmySmoke]

Source: Newsmax

A significant faction of the tea party movement is prepared to revolt against any GOP deal to raise the debt ceiling – even if it is “revenue neutral” and cuts trillions from federal spending, grass-roots sources tell Newsmax.

For the most part, tea party leaders have coalesced around the “cut, cap, and balance” approach to raising the debt ceiling: Trillions in real spending cuts, a cap on how much federal spending can consume as a percent of GDP, and, ultimately, a balanced budget Tea Party, Debt Limit, John Boehner, Republican Partyamendment that would prevent the federal government from running up future deficits.

But the fractious tea party movement actually consists of thousands of loosely affiliated groups. They generally support constitutionally limited government, but don’t always agree on specific policies. And they are by no means united on whether the debt ceiling should be raised at all.

The leaders of at least one major tea party organization, Tea Party Patriots, are adamantly opposed to any deal to raise the debt ceiling, under virtually any circumstances. Doing so, they say, only invites more deficit spending.



Read more: http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/TeaParty-DebtLimit-JohnBoehner-RepublicanParty/2011/07/09/id/403013

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The tea party is beyond fucking stupid. The GOP has purged most of their worthwhile members.

[Lasher]

1. They were already revolting.

[SoDesuKa]

2. Profoundly Clueless

The Tea Party is profoundly clueless about the role of government in American life. They actually believe we can afford to go back to the rugged individualism of the 18th Century. I'm almost tempted to say they should be encouraged because they are far more of a problem to the Republicans than they are to the Democrats. However, the pressure they're putting on Boehner and McConnell is holding up a resolution of the debt ceiling mess.

Eventually they're going to become so obnoxious that they can't be ignored. I think they are more than clueless; they're also dishonest. They're for reducing the size of government to the extent that government programs advantage other people. Scratch a Tea Partier and you're likely to find somebody who's the final recipient of tax money. Rugged individualism, indeed.



Hands off my Medicare

[keopeli]

3. Propaganda: source = Newsmax

Quoting a "significant faction" of the tea party...is there a Tea Party Significant Faction Newsletter or something? No, in fact the source seems to be a couple of people who say they lead the "Tea Party Patriots". Do you suppose these knuckleheads have been coached? How did they get in touch with the press (Newsmax, so not really 'the press')? Or did Newsmax go to them after being prompted to do so by one of Koch's minions?

This fabricated story does not deserve a moment of anyone's time, thoughts or emotion, except to confirm that, indeed, the Koch brothers are trying to destroy the America we have loved our whole lives.

Peace

[tomm2thumbs]

6. +1 pure fabrication (I speak for millions when I say that...)

oh wait, I see what I did there...

[Judi Lynn]

7. Hardhitting "news source," isn't it?

Examples:

Newsmax Asks: "Is Christ About to Come Back?"
Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on April 15, 2009 - 2:38pm
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/newsmax-asks-is-christ-about-come-back

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NewsMax.com (NewsMax Media, Inc.) "serves up the news with a conservative slant. The company publishes alternative news and opinion content through its monthly 300,000-subscriber magazine NewsMax and corresponding Web site. The company generates sales from politically-oriented merchandise (clothing, posters, books) showcasing stars of the Republican Party. It also partners with Random House to publish a series of co-branded books. Former New York Post reporter Christopher Ruddy, the company's CEO, founded NewsMax Media in 1998." --Hoover's Fact Sheet.

Among early investors in NewsMax were billionare Richard Mellon Scaife, Ruddy's former boss at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and Texas businessman Michael Ruff.<1> Scaife and Ruddy have since bought out the other investors, and Ruddy is majority owner.<2>

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=NewsMax.com

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Palin tells Hannity, “I read Newsmax,” the right-wing publisher bids for Newsweek, and who gets a fawning cover from the “money bleeding magazine”?
By Joe Romm on Jun 13, 2010 at 4:16 pm

~snip~
Coincidentally, also back in November, uber-conservative Sean Hannity gave Palin another chance to answer her flubbed Katie Couric question about where she gets her news, and she named Newsmax first...

http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2010/06/13/206213/saint-sarah-palin-newsweek/

ETC., ETC.

[DireStrike]

18. Excellent point.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

4. Evil, Bible-banging, ignorant, low I.Q. sh*theads is what they are.

They represent America as much as a small-brained piranha represents a puppy.

[perdita9]

23. So why does the press keep making heroes out of them?

That's what drives me crazy. You can get 10,000 people to show up for a march but, if they don't have tea bags stapled to their hats, the media won't cover it.

[SoutherDem]

24. Don't forget the misspelled signs;)

[SpiralHawk]

5. TeaBaggers Throw Tantrum. This is hardly news.

All they do is have tantrums. Ho hum.

[MattSh]

29. What else do they have?

They certainly don't have any intellect to throw around.

[Red1]

8. Kock Unleashes His Minions...Hardee Har Har....

[Kolesar]

9. The Republicans are revolting...eom

[lunatica]

10. They really should form a third party since they're so pure

[mwb970]

11. They sound like a bunch of idiots.

These teabaggers give the impression of knowing nothing whatsoever about America, its history, or its governance, not to mention science, economics, math, etc., etc. No wonder the know-nothing Bachmann is their champion!

What a bunch of dopes.

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. Misspelled signs are proof-positive that they're angry.

Don't mess with these morans.

[rasputin1952]

13. Has anyone ever met a Teabagger that wasn't angry?

They seem to be in permanent anger mode.

I've also never met a Teabagger that didn't have a real heavy dose of ignorance on not only what the government does, but the Constitution they say they revere. If ignorance were bliss, these clowns should be dancing in the street.

[gordianot]

16. When they had large gatherings I got the impression they could spin out of control.

Not only are they angry they require a mob mentality to survive. I suspect media including Fox has backed off some from stirring them up. The only thing more ignorant than your average teabagger is one elected to office.

[Yon_Yonson]

14. I saw you spineless deuce bags in Madison ... not much there

At the palin protest we were 2K + strong and you were 500 with half empty buses. BRING IT ON you deuce bag summer time warriors.

[alcibiades_mystery]

15. Newsmax is not an appropriate news source for Latest Breaking News

n/t

[Doctor_J]

17. Congrats.

Every Newsmax reader/poster gets added to my ignore list. Take your right wing propaganda somewhere else, loser

[plumbob]

19. In Texas, the "Tea Party Patriots" seem to consist of ONE GUY in Dallas.

He's the "Coordinator." And his own website is his Facebook page.

http://www.teapartypatriots.org/state/Texas

Oh, there are various websites for various towns listed, but I haven't found a single individual name on any of them yet.


I'd encourage all DUers to check their own state to see the fearsome millions and millions dozens who are holding the country hostage.

[Atypical Liberal]

20. I would agree with them - if their cuts were on WAR. n/t

[roxiejules]

21. Well....this quote is interesting

"FreedomWorks chief Matt Kibbe has a more nuanced view. As much as he would prefer a more fundamental change in federal governance, he says, the GOP, with control of only one chamber of Congress, just doesn’t have the power it needs to impose its will. That’s why his organization is pushing for the more pragmatic cut, cap, and balance approach. The burden on Republicans is that they have to be bold because they don’t have credibility,” says Kibbe. “We don’t trust them to cut a good deal, so they have to stand firm."

[Swede Atlanta]

22. I'm still convinced this has nothing to do with $$$$

There are no doubt some in the teabagger movement that are genuinely driven by concerns about taxes, deficits and debt but underneath the veneer is something more visceral and evil i fear.

When you look at the crowds at the teabagger events with their misspelled signs, etc. I see a mob that is driven to anger by a realization that America is no longer the lily-white Protestant steak and potatoes country they thought it was. While we have been a melting pot for much of our 200+ year history, the real amalgamation of new cultures, religions and ethnicities, especially those brought here by people that look different, has happened in the last 40-50 years. It may have been acceptable for someone who was white or just a little off-white to integrate their traditions, cuisine, etc. into the mainstream but these people really feel they have "lost their America".

I personally think this is what is driving their call to "take back America". They want to take it back from the first African-American President, the first Muslim member of Congress, the increasing presence of women in the House, Senate and Administration, etc.

[JNelson6563]

25. I agree with you completely.

Well said.

[Turbineguy]

26. Tying Government spending to GDP

That's a great way cut spending! Just collapse the economy and spending will drop with it! Where do they find these geniuses?

[Stuart G]

27. They are nuts...nt

[OHdem10]

28. Here is why the Tea Party has power. Close your eyes and

go back to the very first time we heard the word Tea Party.

At that time the Republican Party had just lost two elections
in a row. The Party was zilch. Can you remember Boehner
almost tearfully wailing. We lost our way. We did not
cut spending.

The grassroots Tea Party show up with groups across the
country. Dick Armeny and the Moneyed Libertarians
start working behind the scenes joining up with them.

Here is what is important: The Republicans had no chance
of winning anything as the Republican Party. They meet
with the Tea Party and sell them their souls if the Tea
Party will work with the Republicans in the last elections.
The Tea Party agreed to help Republicans but with the
THREAT OF FORMING A THIRD PARTY if the Republicans do not
do as Teaoartt wishes.

The Tea Party now controls the Republican Party and
the threat of forming a Third Party is there. Third
Party means the Republicans can never win an election
for years to come. I would not say the Tea Party is
stupid. They have the power.

[Name removed]

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[TxVietVet]

30. The teabaggin' kkkluckers are full of bu$hit.

Here's what they don't want to hear:

http://investmentwatchblog.com/guess-who-raised-debt-ceiling-most-often/

[spanone]

32. as the gop embraces the crazies, the country should purge the gop

[and-justice-for-all]

33. newsmax is shit....nt