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Home / Articles / Editorial / Letters / Tea Party congressmen are behaving like uncompromising terrorists
Friday, July 29,2011
Tea Party congressmen are behaving like uncompromising terrorists
To the Editor:
The debate over the debt ceiling has revealed to America what the Tea Party members of Congress really are terrorists. Terrorists, who instead of strapping dynamite to their bodies and threatening to kill innocent bystanders unless they get what they want, threaten to destroy the American economy unless they get devastating cuts to vital programs in the federal budget without a single cent in revenue increase via elimination of tax entitlements to the extremely wealthy.
And let's not kid ourselves, downgrading the credit rating of U.S. savings bonds would be devastating to the country and all of us. Just as terrorists, these Tea Party radicals refuse to compromise in the slightest, presenting the dilemma as their way or devastation.
In the country where I grew up, the United States of America, we had a political system, while not perfect, which was built on the principle of compromise and democracy. In this country, we argued our points, and then we voted and accepted the results win or lose. Blackmail was not part of the system. No one ever said, "Do what I want or I will intentionally hurt the people of America."
Sadly, this nation has been conquered and subjugated by zealots who don't believe in democracy and who would rather that the nation be damaged for years to come and we all be made to suffer than they compromise one iota. Even sadder, we try to appease these terrorists by giving in to their demands. Both John Boehner and Harry Reid have capitulated nearly completely to these terrorists, just as Chamberlain handed the Sudetenland to Hitler for "peace in our time."
If we give in to these terrorists, they will just repeat their tactics again and again. This isn't about Republican or Democrat. It is about American democracy and we cannot let a band of terrorists steal that from us.
Jason Klein
Athens
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Nonsense! They are trying to stop the madness of a socialist, would-be-terrorist who has spent his way into this situation. They are trying to take the vitrual gun away from an American hating madman named Barack Obama. Wake up and smell the death of the American dream! The Tea Party is YOUR only hope, in addition to the rest of the country. Someday, if your beloved Obama get's his way, you wouldn't be allowed to express your oppinion on a website like this.
gchapman,
I hope that was just a sarcastic reply, as it's sad to think people actually might believe what you've written.
Gchapman, your delirious exaggerations about Obama would be funny if not for the fact that they're held by so many fanatics in this country. You are not the mainstream, and your Tea Party, if not stopped, will be the absolute ruination of this country. You're not patriots, and what you know about the history of this nation wouldn't' fit into a thimble.
I'm a staunch Republican who once thought the Tea Party movement was a great thing. Regrettably, I now agree with the author. Not only are they acting like blackmailing terrorists, they're also acting like suicide bombers because in the end, their actions will sure as Hell result in the death of their little Tea Party movement and maybe even the Republican party as a whole for a long time to come! As much as I'd love to blame Obama for this mess, he hasn't exactly been president long enough to have caused the horrendous deficit problem that is behind our current political and financial crisis, now has he!? Fair is fair!
The Tea Party has proved to be an un-American shame! Quite frankly, I'm embarrassed to have them associated with the Republican party. They are becoming a dark stain on this party and all they will do in the end is give greater credibility to the damned Democrats. Speaking of smell, clearly you and your tea sipping friends need to check what the Hell is in that tea cup of yours!
Did you forget that the House also has 193 Democrats? How is it possible that a few Tea Party members of the House can accomplish something that a much larger group Democrats cannot? Maybe it's the House Democrats that are the terrorist?