Remember McConnell's quote about making Obama a one-term President???

[Roland99]

The GOP doesn't give a rat's ass about the U.S. economy (and potentially the world economy) going into a tailspin from a US Federal gov't shutdown and a default on US debt.

They. Don't. Fucking. Care!

What *do* they care about?

Getting power back in the WH and in the Senate so they can continue their march to a pure oligarchy favoring their billionaire benefactors and screwing over everyone who works for a living (and esp. those who don't due to disability, inability to find work, etc. )

A gov't by of the rich, by the rich, for the rich.

The rest of us are just slaves to keeping them rich.

[flamingdem]

1. I've been looking at some Repuke facebook pages and noticing

that all of them are supporting the government shutdown and don't care about the default. This mentality runs deep. It's not just the leadership.

I no longer believe it is about stupidity. It's about power at all costs. They'll do ANYTHING.

[Roland99]

2. It's beyond willful ignorance at this point. It's a cult mentality.

They're following the Pied Piper of D.C. right over the cliff.

[flamingdem]

3. That's the good part

Now if they could just go off the cliff and not drag the rest of us down!

They deserve nothing less than total splintering into millions of pieces and sorry we're out of crazy glue!

[Roland99]

7. Would be nice. But...

their malady runs deep and it's now ingrained in their progeny.

It will be generations before this type of thinking is weeded out of the gene pool.

[flamingdem]

8. Too true. Those same Repukes have lots of kids who are lock step

followers. I'll have to think about what would cure that, maybe free marijuana for all.

[Roland99]

10. +1!!

[gopiscrap]

37. yup that's why they are against abortion

1) to have more workers in the low income sector but also for their own to have a ton of kids to keep the repuke voting roles high

[alfredo]

17. There will always be that 20% with an authoritarian mindset.

[lostincalifornia]

5. Absolutely, this is a power play. Actually, it is a government insurrection and sedition. That is

why the Democrats are united on this. They realize the stakes, and the very core of our democracy is in jeopardy

[gopiscrap]

35. Yup, I agree with you

[kelliekat44]

36. But most of them are fighting for "power" for someone else. When the dust settles they will be

returned to their present condition of servitude without any reward except for the satisfaction of seeing people they don't like hurting more and joining them in their depression.

[rock]

39. That of course IS the mark of fascism n/t

[CJCRANE]

4. If the economy improves then they have less to complain about.

Much better for them to destroy the global economy, then they have something to be negative about.

[flamingdem]

6. It's that diabolical

We need a way to prosecute this kind of sedition and way to detach the debt limit from the congress.

[gopiscrap]

34. I think all of this is to weaken the presidency

because if you look at the demographic trends for a repuke to win the presidency is gonna get harder and harder from now on.

[hfojvt]

9. uhm, except that the rich kinda NEED a working US economy

that's what makes their income and wealth worth something.

They have the most to lose if the economy crashes.

[Roland99]

11. True...and Wall St is starting to distance themselves from the craziness

I don't think they truly understood the type of mindset they were using as their tools in Congress.

But that's where we are now...dealing with the destructive force of their own creation.


Or perhaps they think that once they control all 3 branches, they can institute new trade agreements making it easier for US companies to off-shore labor, export products w/a devalued US dollar, export US mfg to countries soft on pollution controls, etc.

[alfredo]

18. Some liken the Tea Party to the Frankenstein monster, but the monster

was able to show remorse for his actions and show love for others (Victor Frankenstein).

[gopiscrap]

33. Yeah you greedy motherfuckers

this is partly your fault...when you encouraging fucking craziness it's gonna spread, there's a lot of low info folks out there.

[CJCRANE]

12. It's interesting that (Mrs) Heidi Cruz is VP of Goldman Sachs.

Of course you're not responsible for your spouse's behavior but I'm sure she knows the economic repercussions of all this and therefore so does Ted Cruz.

So that means that either he's acting and this is just theater, he's bluffing to try to get some more concessions...or they know something that we don't.

[Roland99]

13. Or both. Ya know...

I often think do these teabaggers *really* believe what they spout on TV or on the floor or is it all just theater? Are they just playing to their audience to keep themselves in power but find ways to save face when they realize they really up against a hard deadline and really know what the consequences are?

If they do truly believe what they spout, then we are truly fucked as a nation.

[gopiscrap]

32. Sad to say, I think some of them like Bachman, Palin actually believe it.

[gopiscrap]

31. Fucking amazing isn't it?

and highly unethical is you ask me. When one's spouse is in high office like that, I feel that you should resign that type of position til he or she is done serving the nation.

[randr]

14. I can not think of one thing the Republicans got right in my long life

I challenge anyone to name one thing they have done that benefited the people of America, other than nominating lame candidates to run against Obama.

[gopiscrap]

30. +1,000 I was thinking the same thing the other day.

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the only moment of sanity in the gop party was when the repukes caved in the final days of Watergate and that was only to save their own sorry asses.

[randr]

38. True, during the Watergate period they did step up to the plate

Probably because the eye of the public was on congress. Since then they have never owned up to their complicity.

[Triana]

15. Make no mistake - they want a return to slavery. Race, age or sex doesn't matter...

...they just want slaves - workers with no rights who will work for nothing and no benefits until they drop dead (and female slaves they can breed to make more slaves). Free slave labor. Mark my words. The Tealiban miss the slave days and they want 'em back.

[factsarenotfair]

16. Slaves cost money and had value. Today workers can be had for pennies and discarded at will.

Nightmares in different ways.

[Enthusiast]

20. Where would you be without your "betters" making decisions for you?

You should be writing them a letter of thanks. I kid.

[malaise]

25. +1,000 n/t

[gopiscrap]

29. Exactly

[Enthusiast]

19. They care about war. They want war. More war.

And they don't care how they get it. They will make up some shit and we would be at war in Iran in no time.

War! It's the best!

[gopiscrap]

28. NO kidding, they tried like hell with Syria

[obxhead]

21. They will start to care soon I think.

If they go over the debt ceiling edge the 1% will feel it.

They'll put a stop to the nonsense their runaway puppets are up to then.

[Roland99]

22. Well, would it be that bad to see them launching themselves off the tops of their ivory towers?

[obxhead]

23. Oh they'll profit on the way down, but

there's only so much that can be made on a collapse. Sadly I see very few jumpers from this. They'll be more likely to have doctor visits due to stray cork injuries.

However, things would have to shift the other direction fairly quickly to keep the their money multiplying.

[TheGunslinger]

24. Hopefully, at the least, KY will Ditch the Mitch in 2014

[gopiscrap]

27. Yes, that would be wonderful the only othetr problem is that his counterpart

is one of the most fucking crazy Senators there is.

[Roland99]

40. Ayn Rand Paul makes Ted Cruz look absolutely boring

[gopiscrap]

26. Yup, but I think they played their hand too far this time