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If the GOP and Tea Party act like terrorists, then yes, calling them terrorists is appropriate. It's far more appropriate than comparing the Democrats to the Third Reich!
How have the GOP and TEA party supporters "acted like terrorists"?
Terrorism is not simply about using violence to get what you want, as many in this thread incorrectly believe. It can be the use of fear or intimidation as well, and that's what the GOP did in December and the TPers did recently.
In December, the GOP said they would pass nothing, nothing at all, until they got their extension of tax rates for the upper incomes. This meant no unemployment money and possible employee lay offs. How do you think those employees and unemployed felt? They felt terrified! Their means for supporting their families was under attack. Obama and the Democrats were quoted multiple times saying they extended the rates for upper incomes because they couldn't allow that much damage to be done to the middle and lower classes and the unemployed. That's terrorism.
Recently, the Tea Party said they would not vote in favour to raise the debt ceiling without severe cuts to spending. Not raising the ceiling would have resulted in default which would have made the recent financial crisis look like picnic. The TP threatened ruining the economy and the country in order to get what they wanted. That's terrorism.
Again, Biden was right. "Google" is just trying to be overly dramatic.
So, when Senator Obama and the Democrat party voted against raising the debt ceiling in 2006 they were acting like terrorist