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2012 All That Teabagging for Nothing
Posted by Paul Constant on Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 3:18 PM
As Congress lurches into its August break, Politico takes note of what the teabaggy Republican majority has accomplished:
Here’s what they will have on the scoreboard before the election: a Senate-driven, two-year highway bill; a six-month extension of government spending at levels they’ve all decried as too high; and no farm bill.
They haven’t completely reformed the Tax Code, they haven’t made a dent in the national debt, and the government isn’t appreciably smaller or more efficient than it was when they were sworn in. And instead of dismantling the president’s health care overhaul, they watched the Senate sit on their repeal effort and the Supreme Court lend its imprimatur to the law.
Go read the whole piece. It's got some great explanations from Republicans about why their big plans of 2010 didn't work out. (Legislating is really hard work, you guys.)
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The tea people have successfully dialed back women's reproductive rights in a number of states, which is by far their greatest-worst accomplishment. How did Politico miss that?
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Did the drought relief bill go through? If not, then the Tea Party just gave the middle finger to Iowa and Wisconsin.
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Shorter Teapublicans: "It's only obstruction when the other side does it."
Looks like the freshman class of Tea Baggers have learned their first valuable lesson of D.C. Politics: "Nobody gets everything they want; anyone expecting to get everything they want doesn't know how the system was designed to work."
Looks like the freshman class of Tea Baggers have learned their first valuable lesson of D.C. Politics: "Nobody gets everything they want; anyone expecting to get everything they want doesn't know how the system was designed to work."
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They're also the most hated KKKongriss in modern history, with approval ratings frequently in the single digits. More Americans approve of Communism than our current "representatives."
Not that those sadistic, aggressively ignorant, neo-fascist, psychopathic, right-wing troglodytes give a fuck.
Not that those sadistic, aggressively ignorant, neo-fascist, psychopathic, right-wing troglodytes give a fuck.
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Not defending the Tea Party, but .....
Occupy Wall Street hasn't accomplished much either. Drained police resources, damaged many public parks, created a health hazard (improper food storage, human waste, spent needles), became a magnet for homeless addicts, millions of dollars worth of property damage, a few people murdered, a few people overdosed, dozens assaulted and a few FBI investigations, one of which bagged some people hell bent on blowing up a bridge.
Yeah yeah I know, agent provocateur, its a great excuse when you refuse to admit your own shit stinks.
Occupy Wall Street hasn't accomplished much either. Drained police resources, damaged many public parks, created a health hazard (improper food storage, human waste, spent needles), became a magnet for homeless addicts, millions of dollars worth of property damage, a few people murdered, a few people overdosed, dozens assaulted and a few FBI investigations, one of which bagged some people hell bent on blowing up a bridge.
Yeah yeah I know, agent provocateur, its a great excuse when you refuse to admit your own shit stinks.
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They are a backward, bigoted hypotcritcal bunch whose only mission is to sabotage the economy so we'll blame Obama. And John Boehner has accomplished making himself the second most hated man in America. Right behind mass murderer what's his name.
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@8: did Occupy put members in Congress yet? no?then your comparison is inaccurate.
the teatards would counter: they put the brakes on an out of control librul gubmint. that it put the brakes on any recovery is just icing on the cake.
i predict 90% of the teatard caucus are returned in 2012.
the teatards would counter: they put the brakes on an out of control librul gubmint. that it put the brakes on any recovery is just icing on the cake.
i predict 90% of the teatard caucus are returned in 2012.
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Hey, Kinison: remember when the banks and wall street, the very ones that Occupy were protesting, caused 14 trillion dollars of wealth to disappear? An amount equal to the US GDP for 2008? (Source: the Roosevelt Institute).
Remember that, Kinison? Now, what was your point, again?
Remember that, Kinison? Now, what was your point, again?
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@8 - I'm not a fan of Occupy Wall Street either, but they successfully started a national discussion on wealth disparity and the dwindling middle class, and now it's sitting center-stage in this election. That seems like an achievement.
The Tea Party's sole agenda is the same as the GOP's: make Obama a one-term President, and that goal is at odds with their other goals, such as creating jobs.
The Tea Party's sole agenda is the same as the GOP's: make Obama a one-term President, and that goal is at odds with their other goals, such as creating jobs.
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The teabaggers promised to do nothing and block anything Obama did. That was what they ran on, and that is exactly what they did.
Can't really fault them for actually telling the truth on the campaign trail I guess. I just hope a few of the maroons that voted them into office take note.
Can't really fault them for actually telling the truth on the campaign trail I guess. I just hope a few of the maroons that voted them into office take note.
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