The Tea Party movement is dead
Long live the Tea Party. I’m lukewarm on the tea party folks. After all, they could have been protesting Bush’s big government too.
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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February 10th, 2010 at 11:21 am
Were they protesting big government?
No, they were protesting the gov’t not listening to them.
That’s what the tea parties are all about. The gov’t isn’t listening.
The GOP lost elections, that’s how Americans protest.
When voting failed and the gov’t got worse and not better, normal people started protesting.
I suggest you go to a tea party protest. See who’s there.
Maybe you’ll be less dismissive.
February 13th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
Ass felchers? Please. Nobody was going to protests all last summer throwing around ass felching. Tea bags were everywhere on posters, hats, clothes, the TV. They were being dumped out and displayed constantly. You guys are hypersensitive about it for a reason. It’s your own fucking fault the double entendre bugs you.
As for the Obama/Bush spending comparison, the CBO numbers are what they are. The total budgets haven’t jumped much, the DEFICITS have jumped because of reduced tax receipts because the economy has tanked.
Not sure why that’s hard to master…but yeah, if you can’t…intelligent discussion will be hard.
February 13th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
Point taken…Obama’s spending about a single percentage point more as a function of GDP more than Dubya….but seeing as his predecessors spent that much more year over year many times (and the Great Taxkiller Reaganator spent more as a function of GDP than Obama has…hmmm), but you guys are ignoring that GDP has had a real boat anchor attached to it as of late. If the economy wasn’t getting slaughtered, the spending as a function of GDP (and the deficit for that matter) wouldn’t be out of line.
Oh well, it’s easier to assume your agenda makes sense and scream “OMG Obama will killz us AALLLLLL!L!L!11” than read the CBO’s spreadsheets.