Palin: House passage of debt deal is a victory for the Tea Party

Hot Air ^ | August 2,2011 | Tina Korbe

[stephenjohnbanker]

” It’s not a 100% pure genuine victory. We just handed the most liberal president, I believe, in U.S. history a $2.4 billion debt increase.” … “

It is a 100% pure E P I C F A I L

[upsdriver]

Oh, good grief. Are people that damned dense?

[ken21]

yes, without the tea party it would be bleaker

but i wonder what the future holds.

[Deagle]

Yep, afraid you are right...

[BfloGuy]

Will Palin now become persona non grata at FR? Hmmmm? Will the accusations of "RINO!" now fly her way? This ought to be fun to watch.

[taxcontrol]

Well think of it this way. How bad would it have been had the House been Pelosi’s. I agree it is not great and I know there are a lot of land mines in the bill. But the victory comes not in the bill it self but in the attention that was paid to the debt. It gives the Tea Party something to run on in 2012. It gives solid footing for those that want to primary out the RINOs.

Not the solid victory I would liked to have seen, but with the number of RINOs in office - well, better the devil you see than the one you dont.

[ArcadeQuarters]

It’s a thousand times worse. 2.4 trillion.

[Las Vegas Ron]

proving that conservative activists had shifted the conversation in Washington.

Well I don't think I would classify shifting a conversation as a victory but in that respect she is right, the debt would have never been an issue if not for the TP.

We still have much work to do, don't think we have enough time though.

[Tallguy]

Bachmann voted against the Debt Ceiling, Palin sees it as a positive. How the Republican electorate ends up viewing the deal will determine which will carry the consevative wing.

[avacado]

It was no win for Conservatives today no matter how you slice/spin it..

"I got a new credit card today... naw,naw,naw,naw...
now I'm going shopping..."

[MetaThought]

This is as much of a victory we can hope for in 2011. The GOP controls one half of one branch of government. Now, in 2012 and 2013 on the other hand, we can hope for much more.

[what's up]

You should have seen the people last night trying to deny that Palin said this and attacking those who posted her words.

Quite amazing.

[Brookhaven]

It’s only a victory in that (imho) Obama and the Democrats set an artificial deadline to create a crisis so they would have an excuse to raise taxes.

The fact that the conversation was all focused on cutting spending was a victory for the tea party, a small one, but still a victory.

OTOH, the actual deal is still awful. It just raised the debt ceiling, officially added another 7 trillion dollars to the debt, and gave Obama a blank check to play with until after the election. Hardly a victory in that sense.

[Jemian]

In this case, Palin is wrong.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Have a link by chance?

I missed it and would like to see it if you happen to have it.

[upsdriver]

Will Palin now become persona non grata at FR? Hmmmm? Will the accusations of "RINO!" now fly her way?

Not from me, I don't use the term "RINO" because it is a stupidly overused, ill descriptive term.

[throwback]

When the dims couldn't get Obamacare through the Senate because of the election of Brown, they got it done anyway. When Cap and Trade failed, Obama turned to imposing it through the EPA carbon regulation. Dims don't take no for answer. Moral victories that change the conversation don't seem to interest them. Like some morons in the WSJ commented to today, “this government was designed to operate slowly”. Yeah, unless you're a commie Leftist like Barry and company. Rules are rules for chumps and Republicans.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

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[wilco200]

“Will Palin now become persona non grata at FR?”

I won’t call her a RINO, but between that comment and Bachman’s stellar performance and VOTES during this debate, I know know where my support solidly sits.