by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 16, 2013 | Conservatism, Shutdown
Tea Party Republican extremism has already taken a bite of as much as $31 billion out of the economy since October 1, according to Wall Street analysts. And the price tag is about to get much higher now that the recalcitrants in the House of Representatives have...
by Leo Gerard | Oct 15, 2013 | Conservatism, Health, Shutdown
In the early days, the iconic image of D.C.-hating Tea Partiers was a sign reading: “Keep your government hands off my Medicare.” Occasionally their protest placards added a little profanity to that directive. Right now, though, Tea Partiers should be cursing their...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 11, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
Punishing the Poor In the first days of the shutdown, conservatives alternated between celebrating and downplaying the impact. RedState.com's Erick Erickson insisted Americans would barely notice the government shutdown. But the consequences of the government shutdown...
by Digby | Oct 11, 2013 | Conservatism, Shutdown
[fve]http://youtu.be/IIJ-nxOvpzU[/fve] Maybe today's Republicans don't know that the Greatest Generation went through the depression and WWII and their president throughout both was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, not Ronald Reagan. Eisenhower was to the left of Barack...
by Joshua Holland | Oct 11, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
Rep. Peter King (R-NY) once claimed that “80 to 85 percent of mosques in this country are controlled by Islamic fundamentalists” and called those who worship in them “an enemy living amongst us.” He held McCarthyesque hearings into the supposed “radicalization of...
by Digby | Oct 10, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Shutdown
Via Jake Tapper yesterday: There are conversations under way as to what we will discuss, you know, what we will negotiate over, what things will be on the table. But what we said is – open the government, pay our bills and let's have this honest conversation," said...
