10:31 am ET
Apr 8, 2011

Budget Battle

Tea Party to GOP: ‘Don’t Fold’

    • But how did abortion and EPA regulations get caught up in this? Aren't they more an issue for next year, or the 2012 election? Spending should be the alpha and omega in this discussion.

    • The sky is falling .. Is that the best that the Tea Party can come up with? Please.. Grow up!

    • The Tea Party are the same people that want every miscarriage to be followed up with a homicide investigation. (Georgia’s House Bill 1)

      This is what happens when the political fringe pushes their party to prioritize legislating that only serves to promote their dogmatic ideals and parochial morals.
      (Seven Mountains Dominionism)

      GOP…Don’t drink the TEA…it’s poisoned

    • A government shutdown is most responsible and patriotic. Now let's eliminate the government altogether and elevate ourselves to full, God-endorsed, patriotic divinity.

    • we are fighting against leftist socialist groups

      god I hate socialists. please make them go away

    • I love how Democrats are saying that the Republican party has been taken over by the TEA Party. Are they forgetting how they were taken over by the "Progressives"? I say this is Newton's Third Law of Motion: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

    • When a Government loses it's ability to function in the best interest of it's people, it needs to be brought down. Every American man, woman, and child now owe over $30,000 in debt because the Government has lost it's way. When it can't find it's way, it's the people's responsibility to help it find it's way. Nobody else is making the effort to put Govt. on track other than the Tea Party. Where's Al Sharpton's solutions? Where's Rev. Wright's solutions? There are none.

    • "“If they fold on this, then they will fold on the debt ceiling and they will fold on budget 2012. Why should we trust them further to keep their promises?” said Ms. Dooley"

      In my opinion, if they 'fold' on this, then they can get down to the business of getting the debt ceiling reduced and the 2012 budget sorted out so that we don't have a shutdown again. I don't rightly care who's currently pulling the puppet strings. I just want this sorted so my soldier husband and all those fighting overseas won't have to worry about if their families are getting paid or not. They need to be able to concentrate on what's going on where they're at, not worrying about the folks back home.

    • I am happy to have all ideas and views heard iin the greater political debate. I only disturbs me that the shouting at the fringes are the only voices that seem to be heard. When will us moderates wake up and take the spotlight back from those seemly live in their own reality.

    • I do not undestand why the Tea Party is such a target. We are doing nothing wrong. We are worried about our countries future. We worry that our children will not grow in the same free country we did. We also worry for your children. We are the people who love this country and everything it stands for. When the world looks at America we want it to be with admiration and hope. We are the Americans that make America great!

    • I see that jennifer levitz is showing her great journalistic acumen again. Rich Trumka visits the White House a minimum of three times a week. He is there more then any other person on the planet except for the President. Last Tuesday he addressed the democrat caucus in a closed meeting. Yet where are the stories about that? Why isn't anyone writing about how the labor unions have told BO and the democrats to hold the line? Why doesn't the Wire mention the liberal fanatics who threaten the democrats? Could there be bias here?

    • What don't the leftist socialist understand about this. The American people have had enough , we don't want to fund their party any more! Stop the lying, hostage holding, extortion, blame game thing and grow up. Any fifth grader can do the math! We are broke, there is no more money and all the denial in the world isn't going to change that, Mike Moore!!!!

    • So sorry, Sally, but your analogy is at best demented. You cite the laws of motion. This has nothing to do with the dynamics of political sociology. You don't currently have the mental credentials to form legitimate opinions about political issues. You need to do some growing up before you meddle in the affairs of grown-ups.

    • If Boehner allows compromise, does not get the spending cuts and does not defund planned parent hood....We need to insist on his resignation!!!!

    • I think we are all forgetting how much crap liberals have thrown into bills and have shoved down our throats the past 2 years!!! We have them in because we want them in! Don't give us what we want...Shut her down!!!

    • Hey, "Grownup": Maybe you didn't use enought exclamation points in your drivel! You still seem like an effing IDIOT!!!. Or, should I say "IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Is that enough quotation marks to express your mental deficiencies? I suspect not. Some sort of special notation might be required in your case. Perhpas I shold say that you are IDIOTIC(N) where "N" is a very large number of exclamation points. Not that I believe any of these comments make an impression on you. In my experience, evil-minded morons cling to their self-serving idiocy with extremem tenacity. I expect no less from you, my friend!

    • Anonymous: you don't understand the basic rules of grammar! Why should anyone listen to your ill-informed opinions? You don't even know what I'm referring to, do you? You poor child. Do some research. Perhaps you will eventually figure it out.

    • SLC, THIS IS ABOUT SPENDING,WHAT DO YOU THINK MONEY IS BEING SPENT ON? EPA and tax funded abortion is part of government spending, and obama promised ,even sighed an excutive order that tax money would not be spent on abortions,so why are they fighting about cutting funding for it? because they lied to everyone and neve3r had intentions of stopping it but to spend more on abortions!

    • As a lifelong adherent to the principles that are now called Tea Party principles, I'll submit that Boehner has already "folded," and so have the rest of the GOP "leadership" who're content to play around with relative pittances like $61 Billion cuts. $61 Billion?!? THESE PEOPLE ARE SHORT BY A FACTOR OF TEN even in approaching the general ballpark. Boehner, clearly, must be replaced at al costs at his next election - with leadership like his, who needs Demo-Socialists? Who selected that spineless "moderate" as Speaker in the first place? We are now paying the price for the corrupt lethargy of the entrenched, old-boy "establishment" Republicans. They've all got to go, in favor of genuine Republicans, a.k.a. "Tea Party" or "Reagan" Republicans.

      Note to Congressional GOP: Bush, Obama, Reid, Pelosi & collective piled trillions in new taxation and spending - on top of a government leviathan that was already dangerously out of control and in need of drastic reduction in mid-2008. Which means that YOU HAVE THOSE TRILLIONS TO CUT BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO THE BASELINE FOR BEGINNING a process of cutting the size, scope, expense, intrusiveness and oppressiveness of governments Federal, State and Local. Capische?

    • Pyotr: Better watch your own grammar young fellow. Even you cannot type the correct spelling of your content.

    • God bless America!!! and "The Tea Party" There has never been a bigger need for reform of the two parties, We The People are tired of two bad choices..so if we can only choose between pure evel (DEMS) and straight up stupid (Repubs) ,then our only choice is to hold them both to higher standards and transparency...We must require who finances their campange,voting record,birth records,past alleys and mintors.education, and religion..Run them through the guntlet of checks and ballances,, if by chance our votes don't matter we will at least know our enemy or leader....

    • If i heard one taliban tea party member i've heard them all. the country is not broke the wealth has just been redistributed from those that work to those that don't work. The workers and union and non union work for their salary. The soldiers work for their salaries and should get paid but the taliban tea party are trying to pick and choose the problem they created by not negotiating. All this talk about private sector being better and the federal union members need to be fired yet here we have the taliban tea party congressional members not doing their jobs by holding up negotiations with a belief. They claim they were elected to do the people's business yet when the President went forward with doing the people's business and reforming healthcare insurance the taliban tea party balked. Really is this the cry of the sane? No it is not. Time and time again the taliban tea party contradicts themselves and show what hypocrites they are. I do not believe in abortions or the death penalty but it is an operation and if a doctor is willing to perform the procedure it should be regulated. I do not believe we should be in Iraq either yet there goes my tax dollars. Once again the hypocracy of the taliban tea party. Don't kill the child but kill the young. Boehner you can and should negotiate for you are a hard working person which is why you are Speaker of the House. Don't let these no nothings strong arm you. I am sure if you take a stand the real Republicans and conservatives will back you. Enough of the reality tv taliban tea party.

    • Note on basic Logic 101: Calling your opponent a nasty name (like "Taliban" or "BigBadMeanie" or BigFatStupid, Nyah!") is not only juvenile, it's also...not a valid argument in support of your position, assuming you have a position. It's he Beavis-and-Butthead mode of debate, and it' unintentionally comical. I'm just sayin'.

    • Tea Party looks to be history ... they'll filled themselves up with the idea that the voters elected them. Their influence was present in some, but far from all, elections held for the current House and Senate (1/3). If the representatives tow to them without regard to the overall goals that need to be achieved then the Independents will vote elsewhere next election. If the Republicans tow the hard line on these riders then the Independents will vote elsewhere next election. Polls might be mixed now on who will be to blame, but if the government shuts down it will be these riders and the few hardcore Tea Party candidates that will be blamed, and by association the Republicans.

    • We're watching the end of the Republican Party with this whole thing. The government shutdown will cost much more money than allowing it to continue to run. Plus we put our communities at risk by loss of government services. And for what? Because the Republicans want to take away pap smears from poor women and stop regulations that protect wetlands? It's clear the people on the right have become unhinged.

    • Debbie Dooley is an IDIOT! The Tea Bigots are holding all Americans hostage by their stupidity that is only outdone by their complete rigidity! The Hyde Amendment/Law takes care of Planned Parenthood and the EPA was already so stripped down under George W. that BP got carte-blanche in the Gulf and we ALL know what a "glorious success" that was! God save us and our great country from the hate-filled, mean-spirited bigots that are holding not just the Republican leaders hostage but our enitre country!

    • Cut, cut, cut, or we will throw you out. The TEA Party is comin' to getcha.

    • If you look at my record,you will see that there is some conspericy going on and its all leading back to politics.i never recieved any documents pertaing to my case and have no way other than right now explaining it.I have federal charges pending in which the union itself knows about ,and even have a lot of officials in on it.I had a lawfirm look at my case that is on the Tennessee Bar Assoccoation and by me being Homelless,they are surpose to represent me.It"'s funny how my FEDERAL MAIL never came to me when i signed for this lawfirm, to look at my case.Now Im writting this stupid letter hoping jonh boehner recieve it letting the rest of the world know that there are also two judges thats in on it and possible more.The middle tennessee distric court has mail i never saw.,now its in the appeals court in cinniccitti getting dismissed because i never read it to know what its about. And to make the matters worst,They are garnishing my social security check,the only means and income i got,so they could keep getting away with corruption and misconduct. How about that for HOSTAGE CRICIS!!!.

    • Upholding the constitution and demanding smaller government is what the Tea Perty is all about. Not spending more than you make is economics 101 and it is the first job of this governmen. Yet no one wants to discuss the facts just blame honest, hard working Americans like the Tea Party for a problem that has existed since the beginning of time. America is waking up and seeing through the nightmare we call the press and the rediculous career bloggers. Who are these people? God bless America and the Tea Party!

    • The time is NOW! We shout from the rooftops to all of our Republican friends! DO NOT fail us. If you do WE will take it back! Defeat for us is NOT an option!

    • Hey Okie, Why all the hate? Obviously you don't have a clue about the teaparty do youi? We love our country period. If we are such bigots than why do we have Congressman such as:
      Colonel Allen Best (Black), Senator Rubio who is Hispanic? If it was not for us these fine people would not be in office because the Democrats have a ton of Union financial support. We have no money so we all spend a little of our own and help them.
      Your thoughtless comments are what cause people to get hurt. Many teaparty people are also Christians who help the homeless, Hospice, etc. What are you doing other than spewing hate?

    • Kevin, Taxpayer dollars will STILL be used to fund Abortions...It's called Planned Parenthood..Seriously who do you think is still paying for those abortions? Haven't you figured out by now that Obama is a big fat llier?

    • Hey Wake Up, WAKE UP! Your President VETOED a bill that is suppose to pay service people...Let's stick with the facts huh...How long have the Democrats had to do a bill.? They failed to do THEIR JOB when the Democrats have had a MAJORITY! Now of course Dirty Harry is going to play like he's senial and does'nt remember that. THey LOVES to play the blame game...But, the gig is up. They spent all their time shoving healthcare down our throats in the middle of the night and now we see the true cost of their irresponsibilty..

    • Losing the trust of the Tea Party would be the best thing for Republicans and this nation. Then we could get real and start solving this nation's huge challenges and restoring its greatness. Tea Partiers are doing a huge disservice to the Republican party with their seriously out of touch Natzi fantasies that want to take us back to the 19th century.


      We have won so much, come so far, DO NOT FOLD!

    • Boycott Koch Industries and Georgia Pacific. The Koch Brothers are funding the Tea Party. The Koch Brothers are athiests who love money. The bible says the love of money is the root of all evil. Fred Koch was a founder of the athiest John Birch Society !

    • "Its all B.S. AND ITS BAD FOR YOU! "- George Carlin

    • If the Tea party truly wants to cut government spending, then cut the military. Why do we have to be the wholes policeman. We could save BILLIONS if we got out of the middle east. Do we need another aircraft carrier when class sizes are growing faster than gasoline prices

    • We are in BIG Trouble. The GOP speaker of the house and half of the majority cannot stand up to Reid and the Democrats. The Majority Buckled on the budget fight.
      This is a sad day for America, even worse, the Tea Party and the GOP has no one that can win against Obama in 2012. The Administration will have a billion dollars and a big bag of lies to spread over America using their media as a butter knife! God Help America.


    • I am in complete disbelief of how such a small minority of voters making up the Tea Part can influence the Republican Party to shift even further to the right. Despite compromising to pass a CR, this is not good enough for the tea baggers. Being a republican I am pretty much disillusioned by these folks who appear to be a cross between libertarians, conservative Christians, and senior executives from all the top fortune 500 companies in the US who want to pay 0 taxes. Is this it, my party now is considering Bockman and Trump as serious candidates for president? I would rather drive my car for a week in the summer with a decomposing Manatee in the passenger seat then to vote for either of these two idiots. But maybe I have just not gotten the right message. So, can anyone recommend a Tea Party in my area? Oh yeah, there is one headed by an unemployed stay at home “house wife” who really hates the inefficiency of the government while at the same time she is watching Opra. Which makes me think, how many of these folks actually work for a living? Judging from the look of some of their members, are there tea party folks who are on welfare, food stamps, and other entitlement programs but yet protest “big government” spending? Isn’t that like Christians against Christ or something. Oh well.

    • Too Late - John Boehner is an institutional bigger government politician. He is a farce, liar and spineless. He in no way represents the conservative philosophy of a small accountable government “of, by and for the people”. He needs to be voted OUT and removed as Speaker of the House - Immediately. He has done nothing but lie to us all from the start. It's all BS - he can't stand up and take the heat on this - how the Hell will he fight the big fight? I'll tell you - he won't. Same old BS - public posturing and private dealing - with you and me getting hosed over and over again. He has got to GO.

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