Finally Someone in the Gov't Calls Right Wingers

[discoberry]

What they are...And its in the British Gov't:

Vince Cable has launched an extraordinary attack on "rightwing nutters" in America who are trying to block the raising of the US government's debt ceiling and who are, he said, a bigger threat to the world economy than problems in the eurozone.

He said: "The irony of the situation at the moment, with markets opening tomorrow morning, is that the biggest threat to the world financial system comes from a few rightwing nutters in the American Congress rather than the eurozone."

www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/jul/24/vince-cable-us-debt-rightwing-nutters

[terri]

Reader comment farther down the page:

Dear moronic Tory trolls:

*No one* is saying that there is no need for spending cuts: Barack Obama has agreed to $1.4Tn in cuts - much against the wishes of his own party. The right-wing can rejoice in the fact that their actions will vastly increase hunger, poverty and lack of access to health care for the country's most vulnerable - the poor and the elderly. Well done!

The problem - and everyone agrees that this is the problem - is that the Republicans throw their toys out of their pram at the mere mention of tax increases (purely on corporations and the rich). Google pays 3.5% tax in real terms, GM pays *zero*.

So the republicans defend the right of the ultra-rich to pay ever less tax whilst depriving the country's most vulnerable of even the most basic resources. It's not very f**cking Christian, is it??

There is irony in the fact that almost all of these tea-baggers come from states that are net *recipients* of Federal tax money.

The Republicans refuse to compromise or negotiate in any way, shape or form. They are about to bring down the world economy. I really hope the Tory trolls enjoy the moment.

[Mlle Antéchrist]

The tea baggers have heavy duty blinders in place to prevent them from seeing just how damaging their policies really are to the US economy, and, by proxy, the global financial community. They're never going to admit that they're wrong. It's frustrating to watch these idiots feed this economic black hole, one which is influencing my own country (we managed to fare the recession better than a number of other nations, but not without some damage along the way), whilst being unable to do much about it -- I can't even vote against these fuckers, even if doing so would have minimal influence on its own.

[dasfuchs]

I have a tea bagger co worker. What's worse is he's a union steward. When you say heavy duty blinders, that's an understatement.

[Ranger Joe]

We have tea baggers at my job too. They tried talking with me before but were rather abruptly shot down. They basically just regurgitated what they heard and when I asked them why they believed the way that they do, and what caused them to think in such a fashion, they couldn't answer anything.

I told them that until they could explain why they believe what they do, we couldn't have the discussions anymore.

[discoberry]

Jul 26, 2011 10:19:57 GMT -5 Ranger Joe said:

We have tea baggers at my job too. They tried talking with me before but were rather abruptly shot down. They basically just regurgitated what they heard and when I asked them why they believed the way that they do, and what caused them to think in such a fashion, they couldn't answer anything.

I told them that until they could explain why they believe what they do, we couldn't have the discussions anymore.

When I was in the Army all Bagger arguments end with the caveat: "Its on the internet look it up."

[Napoleon the Clown]

My BiL thinks that there are countries to go to if the US economy well and truly tanks. It's adorable how he thinks anybody would have the quality of life he's used to if the shit really hits the fan.

[MaybeNever]

Jul 26, 2011 4:49:43 GMT -5 Mlle Antéchrist said:

The tea baggers have heavy duty blinders in place to prevent them from seeing just how damaging their policies really are to the US economy, and, by proxy, the global financial community. They're never going to admit that they're wrong. It's frustrating to watch these idiots feed this economic black hole, one which is influencing my own country (we managed to fare the recession better than a number of other nations, but not without some damage along the way), whilst being unable to do much about it -- I can't even vote against these fuckers, even if doing so would have minimal influence on its own.

Our only chance is to outbreed them.

[jjames]

I really wish that they would just fuck and make up in Washington. It's not the time for this kind of political horseshit.
FYI, tea party republicans: the majority of America wants a compromise.

They also seem to be rather averse to a Great Depression.

So what the fuck?

[davedan]

Unfortunately we are all fucked if this doesn't get ironed out and that includes us in Oz