[Sub-Driver]

Whew...........someone call a medic...

[listenhillary]

I’m pretty sure this is the writer or spewer of drivel. Imagine that, he’s teaching the future leaders of tomorrow.

http://www.wcl.american.edu/faculty/yeomans/

William Yeomans joined the faculty of law in 2009. From 2006 until 2009, he served as Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s Chief Counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee. He has also been Legal Director of the Alliance for Justice and the first Director of Programs for the American Constitution Society, where he spearheaded the launch of its two publications: the Harvard Law and Policy Review and Advance. Prior to that, he spent 26 years at the Department of Justice where he litigated and supervised civil rights cases in the federal courts involving voting rights, school desegregation, employment discrimination, housing discrimination, hate crimes, police misconduct, abortion clinic violence, and human trafficking. He served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Chief of Staff, and acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.

[Gaffer]

Vive La Revolucion!!!!

[Jeff Vader]

the flak is heaviest when you’re right over the target

[rightwingintelligentsia]

New definition of terrorism:

Not giving a whiny liberal everything he wants.

[Gaffer]

William Yeomans, an American University law professor, served as Sen. Ted Kennedy’s chief counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee and as a Justice Department official.

Just a 'concerned' American here...nope, no partisanship here...nosiree.....

[Redcloak]

OK... So while I’m a libertarian, and thus favor legalizing recreational narcotics, that doesn’t mean that I’m OK with writing while stoned.

...or editing while stoned.

...or publishing while stoned.

[NELSON111]

I'll be very honest here...amnd I'll probably get flamed for it.

I honestly do NOT feel the debt ceiling is the place for this disussion. I honestly feel they should just raise the debt ceiling apart from any budget ties.

This is a budget issue and it needs to be fought as such. They screwed up when they didn't stick to their guns on the 2011 budget. They should have base-lined the 2011 budget against 2008...and the American People would have supported them...but they went wobbly.

Another tactic would be to pass the democratic budget in 2011 (and pund it home that they should have done it)...raise the debt ceiling...and THEN baseline teh 2012 budget on 2008 lines.

But THIS approach? This is cutting off our nose to spite our face. The ENTIRE GOP looks weak. If they wanted CCB...they should ahve passed it...said this is it...and walked away...then took teh case to the American people.

If we try to go down this road...we will lose politically.

[kcvl]

William Yeomans, an American University law professor, served as Sen. Ted Kennedy’s chief counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee and as a Justice Department official.

[andy58-in-nh]

Hysterical horseshit from the people who brought America to ruin. No comprise. Doing so will cheer the stock market but result in a greater disaster in a short time.
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[The Bronze Titan]

There’s only one person, one side, sowing terror into Americans over this debt crisis. Let’s take one guess.

[Baynative]

I am trying to understand the reasoning behind statements made by people like the one that wrote this column.

Although there are always fringe people who show up in any group, the Tea Party movement is about less taxes, or no increased taxes specifically and promoting a cultural shift toward a government that serves the people rather than people serving the government.

The controversy over the budget is an example of how skewed our arguments can become. But, there is obviously something far deeper here than basic party politics.

It is obvious to anyone who manages a household budget that we can't stay on the path congress has chosen for us over the years and the tea party caucus is holding fast to the contention that we must face reality. Many in congress and folks like the writer of this column seem to staunchly believe that we can just keep spending, writing hoot checks and getting new credit cards to pay off the old credit cards.

They are so fixed on the belief that there is no need for responsibility that they are willing to attack and slander anyone speaking of responsible fiscal management. - At least that's the way it looks to my simple mind.

So where I get stuck is trying to assess what the folks on the left , the writer of this column and the defenders of democrat thought like the MSM commentators envision for the long run. What are they working for as the America of the coming decade or beyond?

[Lazamataz]

This isn’t an article.

It’s not even an opinion piece.

It’s a full-on cry for mental health help.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Civility and all that...

[newzjunkey]

There's a tiny inconvenient fact for the writer: "Cut, Cap & Balance" passed from the House with bi-partisan support least week.

For many, like head of the Tea Party caucus, Michele Bachmann, that was compromise because it raised the debt ceiling period. It was a deal she was not willing to vote for. It was a deal Reid and his party was unwilling to even put up for a vote.

I am gravely concerned the Tea Party movement is on an economic suicide mission today that will destroy the opportunity for winning in 2012 and guarantee a Democrat sweep.

Make no mistake: if the GOP is destroyed by this tantrum in the next few days, they will be out of power for a very, very long time and no viable "third-party" is going to take their place in 2012.

You will have accomplished what the Democrats have not been able to do in 157 years or longer.

We're FINISHED as anything but a single Democrat Party nation.

You are about to do to the nation what the state GOP did in California during the 1990s.

Stop making them so happy!

[Waco]

Always talking about Peelosi ain’t he.

[crazydad]

This kind of article is why I am loading up on ammo. This kind of rhetoric is what is going to enable the semi-dictator to become a full fledge dictator. Just like Hitler never took over with the ammo box, but by the ballot box. And then slowly he made a scapegoat, then he made them the states enemies. I truly believe the only thing keeping liberals away from full fledge tyranny is the guns in our hands. Never give up,never give in and never submit.

[beachn4fun]

Well, I’m sure the original tea party was looked on as radical in its time.

And, isn’t it just like Dems/liberals/progressives to spend...spend...spend...spend and hope that the revenue equals their spending (like accountants).

Then blame others when it does not.

Got news for them...IT’S NOT MY FAULT YOU OVER SPENT AND NOW DON’T HAVE THE MONEY. Take it out of the money you are sending to terrorist countries who hate us.

[Impy]

These people won’t call terrorists, terrorists. But no prob calling the tea party terrorists.

[RoadTest]

These Politico people are mentally challenged.

[Chandalier]

ROFLMAO! Someone call Supernanny!