What a difference two weeks make

[BDBoop]

Fark. 'July 27: Tea Party leaders: "If default hurts the Tea Party, so be it." Tea Party today: It's all Obama's fault"

Jenny Beth Martin, a co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots (the grassrootsier wing of the movement) agreed that default -- and the requisite end in government payments for the programs that go with it -- could hurt the thousands of tea party voters she represents. But she said her members are willing to take the hit.

"If it injures the people that we represent, but it's benefiting the whole country, that's what we need to be concerned about," she said.

/snip

Martin said default could be good for the country in the long-run, and said she looks to her own painful financial history as an example.

"As somebody who has gone through bankruptcy, I don't want to see our country into trouble that my family went through." she said. "I understand that means that you've got to sit there and look at: 'What can you do different? Can we sell anything? How can we get out of this mess?' And that's what our government needs to be looking at."

Tea Party Leaders: If Default Hurts The Tea Party, So Be It | TPMDC

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Obama got what he wanted: the unfettered ability to fill his spending crack pipe until the end of his one term and kick the tough choices on spending down the road

 

[Leweman]

What default?

 

[del]

What default?

i missed it too

 

[dilloduck]

When one is bankrupt is it better to stay "hush hush" about it ? Maybe the neighbors won't find out.

 

[rightwinger]

Fark. 'July 27: Tea Party leaders: "If default hurts the Tea Party, so be it." Tea Party today: It's all Obama's fault"

Jenny Beth Martin, a co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots (the grassrootsier wing of the movement) agreed that default -- and the requisite end in government payments for the programs that go with it -- could hurt the thousands of tea party voters she represents. But she said her members are willing to take the hit.

"If it injures the people that we represent, but it's benefiting the whole country, that's what we need to be concerned about," she said.

/snip

Martin said default could be good for the country in the long-run, and said she looks to her own painful financial history as an example.

"As somebody who has gone through bankruptcy, I don't want to see our country into trouble that my family went through." she said. "I understand that means that you've got to sit there and look at: 'What can you do different? Can we sell anything? How can we get out of this mess?' And that's what our government needs to be looking at."

Tea Party Leaders: If Default Hurts The Tea Party, So Be It | TPMDC

What ever happened to the Tea Party value of personal responsibility?

 

[Dr.House]

0bama: The Buck Stops Elsewhere

 

[Dot Com]

Fark. 'July 27: Tea Party leaders: "If default hurts the Tea Party, so be it." Tea Party today: It's all Obama's fault"

Jenny Beth Martin, a co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots (the grassrootsier wing of the movement) agreed that default -- and the requisite end in government payments for the programs that go with it -- could hurt the thousands of tea party voters she represents. But she said her members are willing to take the hit.

"If it injures the people that we represent, but it's benefiting the whole country, that's what we need to be concerned about," she said.

/snip

Martin said default could be good for the country in the long-run, and said she looks to her own painful financial history as an example.

"As somebody who has gone through bankruptcy, I don't want to see our country into trouble that my family went through." she said. "I understand that means that you've got to sit there and look at: 'What can you do different? Can we sell anything? How can we get out of this mess?' And that's what our government needs to be looking at."

Tea Party Leaders: If Default Hurts The Tea Party, So Be It | TPMDC

What ever happened to the Tea Party value of personal responsibility?

There's a reason its referred to as "the t-party downgrade"

 

[CrusaderFrank]

The Tea Party caused the downgrade

The Tea Party caused the downgrade

The Tea Party caused the downgrade

The Tea Party caused the downgrade

 

[Leweman]

Fark. 'July 27: Tea Party leaders: "If default hurts the Tea Party, so be it." Tea Party today: It's all Obama's fault"

Jenny Beth Martin, a co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots (the grassrootsier wing of the movement) agreed that default -- and the requisite end in government payments for the programs that go with it -- could hurt the thousands of tea party voters she represents. But she said her members are willing to take the hit.

"If it injures the people that we represent, but it's benefiting the whole country, that's what we need to be concerned about," she said.

/snip

Martin said default could be good for the country in the long-run, and said she looks to her own painful financial history as an example.

"As somebody who has gone through bankruptcy, I don't want to see our country into trouble that my family went through." she said. "I understand that means that you've got to sit there and look at: 'What can you do different? Can we sell anything? How can we get out of this mess?' And that's what our government needs to be looking at."

Tea Party Leaders: If Default Hurts The Tea Party, So Be It | TPMDC

What ever happened to the Tea Party value of personal responsibility?

Republicans backed down and democrats got what they wanted. This is the result. Obama threatened default when there never would have been one. This is the result. Can't expect Obama or democrats to take responsibility for anything though. They never do.