TeaBaggers gripe at the tax cut deal

[Ian David]

Tea Partiers gripe at the tax cut deal
Michele Bachmann and newly arrived House Republicans don't think we can afford additional unemployment benefits

While Democrats argue about whether Obama's tax cut deal is better than could be expected, given the circumstances, or less painful "than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick," or the first step in the road to gutting Social Security or one of the most "extraordinary hypocrisies in the history of American politics" since Lyndon Johnson escalated the war in Vietnam, some Republicans are also letting loose with their own murmurs of discontent.

The Hill quotes House Tea Party Caucus chairwoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.):

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said Monday -- before the White House deal was unveiled -- that congressional Republicans could balk at voting to extend all the tax cuts for two years if it's tied to a long-term extension of jobless benefits. Bachmann is the chairwoman of the House Tea Party Caucus.

"I don't know that Republicans would necessarily go along with that vote. That would be a very hard vote to take," Bachmann said on conservative commentator Sean Hannity's radio show.

More:
http://www.salon.com/technology/how_the_world_works/2010/12/07/republicans_balk_at_unemployment_tax_cut_deal

Hat-tip to: http://twitter.com/jazgar/status/12248140606341120




See also:

"The GOP CAVED! This is NOT what we voted for? This is a sell-out. The TEA PARTY IS WATCHING!"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9704754

House Tea Party leader Bachmann: GOP Should Scuttle Tax Deal
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9710891

Even if we cannot polish this turd among those on the left, we can at least use this to sow discord among the right-wingers at the water cooler and on their blogs.

[Robbins]

1. Remember

If Tea party members don't like this deal then It Is better than some think.Of course I am against anything the tea party and their
leader Palin are for.

[Ian David]

3. Except for hunting bears. Bears are the number one threat facing America.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. Remember:

If Tea party members don't like this deal it means nothing.

Just like everything else.

:think:

[bigdarryl]

2. FUCK!!!! Bachmann she's irrelevant her own party didn't want her in a leadership role

because they know she's a nut

[Laf.La.Dem.]

5. The most important person - Rush

The real test is what does RUSH think about the deal :puke:

[SpiralHawk]

6. You'll have to wait till Rush gets his memo from RepubliCorp

Then he will be happy to mouth the Talking Points.

[harun]

7. Considering it puts $2,689,135 in to his pocket each year, I'm betting

he likes it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-laQ0uvnl5M

[Phx_Dem]

8. Yeah, I've been reading their comments all day on DU. n/t

[Lorien]

10. Really? Who on DU has proposed that we pass tax cuts for the rich while

NOT extending unemployment benefits? Link?

[Lorien]

9. This was reported by The Hill yesterday

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9708377