Ok, so we all know the TeaPatry kooks hate: government, America, democracy, voters, women, poor people, education, research, science, medicine, reading, facts, Medicare, Medicaid, Feeding the poor, and above all ... providing medicine for the working poor ... and that last one is, in their warped little minds, the reason why the TeaParty threatened, and then did, shutdown the entire US Government.
But, they lost.
Oh sure, the TeaParty did shutdown government in exchange for: defunding, delaying and re-writing the ACA but since the Continuing Resolution will never, ever, ever include any of those things .. they lost.
Therefore, at this point, the continuation of the GOP shutdown is driven by pure TeaParty hate as there is absolutely no rational reason to keep the US government closed.
The TeaParty members know that they lost. They know their bizarre, irrational demand to shutdown the US government in exchange for getting rid of the ACA is never going to happen. So why not just pass a clean CR and open up the entire US Government?
Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY)
“This is not just about Obamacare anymore,”
~TeaParty member Rep. Michael Grimm
Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN)
“We’re not going to be disrespected. We have to get something out of this. And I don’t know what that even is.”
~TeaParty member Rep. Marlin Stutzman
There's our answer, the TeaParty's hate is so deep, they now want to keep government closed in exchange for .... ???? .... they don't even know what ... they have no idea what they want in exchange for opening up the US government.
And for the delusional TeaParty hate:
Michele Bachmann (R-??) [not sure what Bachmann is or where she's really from]
"This is about the happiest I've seen members in a long time, because we see we are starting to win this dialogue on a national level,"
Yes, because nothing makes a TeaBagger-Partyer happier and more giddy than to have hungry poor kids go without food and roughly 800,000 workers mosey along with no income. That should not surprise anyone since, after all, the GOP shutdown occurred because the TeaParty wanted to deny the working poor access to basic healthcare.
... um ... look .... I have no idea what planet Bachmann is from. But, if the TeaParty think that keeping government closed is earning them respect, they are way the f'ck off-base. Not only are American citizens not going to "give" them respect, this GOP government shutdown has caused the TeaParty to lose respect around the globe:
Dylan Scott, from TalkingPointsMemo reports:
Lee-Anne Goodman, Canadian Press
"This is a weird, messed-up feature of the American political system. I suppose the checks and balances obsession made sense 200 years ago. It makes no sense any longer."
"For a country that fancies itself the greatest democracy on Earth, the fact that a small band of outliers in one party can essentially shut down the federal government over a petty political brawl seems woefully undemocratic."
Joyce Karam, Al-Hayat (Arabic newspaper based in London)
"The whole concept is little surreal for our readers, trying to understand why the No. 1 country in the world cannot pass a budget. I come from Lebanon and our parliament is very ineffective, but ludicrous as it sounds, it is better than U.S. Congress when it comes to passing budgets."
"Many wonder why the U.S. is doing this to its economy or why health care is not an option for everyone."
Elliot Waldman, Tokyo Broadcasting Company
"Personally I think it's an international embarrassment. It's just another sign of the declining U.S. influence around the world and a sign of the very divisive extremist politics that have become prominent here. There's no civilized discourse that I can see."
Ilhan Tanir, Vatan (Turkish daily newspaper)
"It shows how independent the parts of the government are from each other. Sometimes you like it and sometimes you hate it. Sometimes you see features that appear genius to save the U.S. democratic system, sometimes you see other features that appear to be pushing the U.S. over the cliff. We are witnessing another cycle of this uniqueness."
Sanna Toren Bjorling, Dagens Nyheter (Swedish daily newspaper)
"Not being able to fund a law or do such a fundamental thing as a budget is of course a problem and worrying for a nation, and somewhat crazy for a democracy like the U.S. The underlying political shifts and the polarization of Congress and the electorate has many interesting aspects and tells a much wider and complex story about the country. Some of the right wing movement I see as extreme."
Nathan Guttman, Channel 1 (Israeli public television)
"It is a real challenge to explain the shutdown, mainly because there is no parallel in Israeli politics. Also, in a parliamentary system, the prime minister's party has the majority in the parliament (or at least controls the coalition) so it is difficult to understand how Congress can force a shutdown."
"The best I can do to explain this to viewers back home is to frame it in the context of a political battle between Republicans and Democrats. Political fighting is something Israelis understand well."
Anders Tvegard, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
"It's to us Norwegians hard to understand that it can be happening in one of the most influential countries in the world that you can have such a dysfunctional government. It is kind of joke or disbelief. We laugh about it. How is it possible at all? Why would they do that?"
"The political climate is so poisoned. It's so different than what we're used to. Our discussions are peanuts by comparison."
Min Sun Shaim, Seoul Broadcasting System (South Korean television network)
"It's pretty unique, compared to their government there. They don't really know what exactly is a shutdown, so we have to explain what is. The U.S. economy is really important for the Korean economy as well, so we've been following this pretty closely. We want to inform our viewers what will impact on their lives."
Lorenzo Mila, Television Espanola (Spanish public television)
"It's a bit shocking, and I would say sometimes even embarrassing, coming from the best democracy. You've been so good when you were able to work together. If you ask my opinion, I think you fell asleep a little bit when the Soviet Union fell. Since that time you've been sleeping a little, now you're having problems that you should not have."
You have this beautiful system, so it is particularly hard to see that this system is not working. That Congress is blocking almost the whole agenda of the president, that's really difficult to understand or explain."
Lisa Millar, Australian Broadcasting Company
"After covering Washington for four years, the build-up to the shutdown felt almost predictable given the antagonism displayed from both sides. But I tipped it wrong. I was convinced someone would blink before midnight on Monday."
"We've been showing vision of the shut down monuments, the words of animosity being exchanged between Democratic and Republican leadership and the question over future economic stability. When the U.S. sneezes, Australia catches cold."
Like I said, the TeaParty will not be able to rip-up, shred or delay the ACA in the clean CR collecting dust on Boehner's desk.
So, why did the House TeaParty decide to piss on Vets, kids with cancer, hungry infants, 800,000 workers -- rather than pass a clean CR?
The TeaParty members are just f'cked-up in the head and are driven by pure hate.
By the way, where oh where did big mouth Ted Cruz go?