With disastrous consequences for our democracy and our Republic. Governance in America has always been from the center and always through a process of compromise. Now, compromise has become a dirty word. As a result, we are on the edge of a Constitutional and financial disaster which, if we are pushed off, forever changes the very nature of our nation and drops us to the ranks of, at best, one of the top tier nations. Frankly, we may have already pushed to that status and are unable to alter a course that began with Raygun and has been pursued by every president since. The real danger of the Tea Party mindset is that we move from one of the top tier nations to a second tier nation. They seem completely comfortable with that prospect and seem to be working toward that.

There is not a counter-veiling fringe movement from the other side. Were there, it would be as great a concern as the Tea Party ought to be to all.

“Why,” asks CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, “have the Tea Party become so prominent? Why is it able to dominate Washington?”

Because people are sick to death of watching Washington suck the life out of what used to be the most dynamic and productive economy on Earth, so that they can pass favors out to their friends and pander for votes with America’s wealth.

So this jackwad wasn’t worried  about radical left politics being pushed. But he’s NOW deeply concerned about the Tea Party and their small govt/libertarian positions?

I have been asking without response from my Representative & Senator regarding the tax loophole of TAX EXCLUSION INCOME ? Seems to me that would be an easy call — Why would one give income to one person & tax it. When the same income is taxed to another person. Can someone explain why ? I have been told it is the single largest loophole in the Tax Code. As Senator Conrad said:  We are going to insist they pay their fair share just as the vast majority of Americans already do.”…

Yeah, more debt and more wasteful government spending will save America, right Kook?

Does anyone have a link to the President plan? Where he making cuts and what amounts he’s looking at? Thanks in advance

While it is true the debate does seem to be entrenched solely in ideology as of late instead of actual policy why say that it’s only the conservatives’ fault? You’re telling me that is not a single liberal group or politician doing the EXACT same tactic? Last time I checked it takes two to tango.

Have you ever been to a Tea Party? Have you ever actually spoken with a Tea Party member? You obviously have no clue to what the Tea Party wants. If you had you wouldn’t spew the DNC talking points.  You sound like the the far right …hyperbole.  Everyone that disagrees with you  wants to destroy the country…absurd.

No, there is no link to his plan. Because he has no plan.

Don’t you love hearing CNN report on the tea party?  It’s like someone on the equator commenting on the weather in Antarctica.  They’ve never seen it, they don’t understand, they refuse to accept it….but set themselves up as experts. 

CNN’s own poll showed that 66% of Americans agree with the tea party agenda of cut, cap and balance the budget.  But CNN wouldn’t even report honestly on its very own poll!   How dishonest is that?  Instead we are treated to more smears from Fareed Zakaria.   What a corrupt, intellectually dead, blatantly biased organization!  No wonder CNN’s ratings are in free fall, and they keep firing hosts (as if the talking heads are the root of the problem!).

Yes. Georgetown, Texas. Llano, Texas.
Yes. Several.

Zakaria is one of those people who is branded a journalist but really REALLY shouldn’t be one. 

It’s like Chris Matthews giving advice to the GOP.  What a laugh.

Well, we may not know since you and yours are so hell-bent on fully destroying the FFC of our nation as soon as possible.

Have marvelously simple. Almost as simple as you knee-jerk reaction blaming Muslims and Islam for the Norway bombing and shootings last week. We ought to make you the Simpleton Tsar.

Politicians pandering to their voter base is a recent and unprecedented development in American political history that only started in late January of this year, and not one second before.

That’s Fareed’s story and he’s sticking to it.

NO TAX CUTS FOR MILLIONAIRES!

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I think blame goes around very well here. The problem is that with the Tea Party’s stranglehold on the Republicans, there is no opportunity for discussion. No real possibility. 

ROFL!  Fareed, you so funny!

Tea Party = BAD!  We can fix this! 

Uh, you know who the tea party is?  All of those people who watched for decades the downward slide of our nation.  Who were busy working, raising families and not part of the process except to vote.  Who shook their heads in disagreement over what was happening, but didn’t do anything about it.

Until they all stood up and said, enough.  Enough with the debt.  Enough with the deficit spending.  Enough with the out of control, self centered change for change’s sake, expensive but illogical behavior of our federal government.  A government that wants to control every aspect of our lives and we’re supposed to just nod like sheep and go ‘yes sir, anything that you leaders say is alright with me, btw, you can directly access my checking account too because taxing me just takes too much time, here have it all’…

Tell me all about the original intent of the Founding Fathers which was to create a small government to support the will of the people, not the people supposedly merely supporting the will of the government.  A government that has grown to ridiculous proportions under the direction of the left.

It was about freedom.  Liberty.  Chasing the American dream.  Living a life on your terms, not one controlled to the point where you can barely move.  And it worked for a lot of years, until the left wanted everyone else to bend to their will.  And we bent….and now we’re pretzels. 

The difference between your ideas and our’s is that with us, you can be a free person.  With your ideas, there is no freedom, only service to your will. What you are currently experiencing is pushback.  Since there has been so little of it, I’m sure that you’re confused and upset by it.

Funny how you only want ‘compromise’ whenit’s your ideas on the chopping block.  What compromise was there with Obamacare?  Where were the people listened to with that?

Oh, wait…they weren’t.

So the people stand up and they’re accused of not being a team player?  I’d say that all of the social programs that you already have are plenty evidence of the willingness to compromise.  But the one thing that you don’t give up is financial solvency…without which, there are no programs at all, only destitution and desperation.  Dependency and failure.

Sorry, when you see that your country is on a slide to oblivion, you need to be an adult about it and make some hard choices.  Grow up, Fareed.  Utopia doesn’t exist.  You have run out of other people’s money.

The problem isn’t that we’re saying no, it’s that we waited so long to say no that now our problems are huge.  We have a big mess to fix.  ‘Compromise’ means, we’ll fix the problem later.  Cut the crap, there is no later, only bigger debt and deficit.

Not used to being told no?  Get used to it.

Oh, we’re going to find out, Kook.

Egan Jones cuts US rating, cites high debt load

That right there is the beginning of the end of the Full Faith and Credit of the United States of America, and there will be no quantitative easing our way around it.

It was reported this morning that a large portion of the cuts in the democratic plan come from the ending of the wars in Afganistan, and Iraq.. 

Knee jerk, Kook?

‘Helpers of the Global Jihad’ Claim Responsibility for Terror Attacks in Norway

Kook, you hear hoofbeats and think teabagging zebras.

How many plans have the Democrats offered for a vote, Kook? Zero. There’s no point in having discussions with people who have nothing to offer, and yet the GOP is talking to them anyway.

Hope President Obama keeps his eye on these Teahadists, don’t want a repeat of what happened in Norway to happen with one of these nutballs. We have black sites all around the world, probably time to do a little enhanced interrogation on some of these crazies. Thank the good Lord that the best President ever George W. Bush made it legal to torture so we can get to the bottom of this. Fully support a tea party Abu Ghraib

With clowns like Zakaria & Candy Andy Cooper on board, to what “base” does CNN pander?

See you decided shrill and defensive works out better than taking accountability? Well, it is an interesting, but very Republican type of choice. At least you’re consistent. Of course, so is Silly Putty.

Some times simple is sufficient for the task. I think he is much closer to the truth than all the mass marketed media like Fareed and his kind ever will be.

Fareed Zakaria is an admitted shill for the president and an “unofficial” adviser to him as well. How can anyone take his attacks on Obama’s biggest critics be taken seriously? 

Seems to me the Congress and President under the democrat party has done a bang up job of that already – now they just want to complete their mission. MSM fools like Fareed get told what to present and they do a wonderful job of repeating the left wing’s policy statements and reporting that as the news.

Objectivity used to be the media’s watchword, now it is all about money and those who assure a continuous supply of same.

What is it you think I ought to be accountable for, Kook? A quote and a link, please. Then you can tell me what was shrill or defensive about noting the facts of the matter.

You seem to conveniently forget that during the
congressional sessions of 2009 and 2010 Harry and Nancy proudly proclaimed that
they had arrived, that the Progressive Agenda could now finally be moved
forward, and instead of dealing with the problems that we are facing today,
they spent the better part of a year on healthcare, instead of actually
addressing the economy they threw a trillion dollars at it aimed at special
interest..  they did nothing to address the
structural problems of our economy, instead they just compounded them…  No my friend, the last few years have been
anything but governance from the center, and now the American people have stood
up and voted to change course.  Fareed
Zakaria in the interest of journalistic integrity should have started this
piece with a disclaimer regarding his political leanings as this was not a
neutral piece, his bias was woven throughout the report and evident in the
conclusions he draws. 

What flavor of kool-aid did you have this morning?  You lemmings take a crime like that and try to make political hay.  Didn’t you learn anything from AZ shootings? Keep it up, nobody gives the hyperbole any credence, except extremists that post such drivel.

Here’s a question for you.  When faced with 14 trillion dollars in DEBT, what is there to discuss?  Can you yell at the number and ask it to cooperate or ‘change’?  A number that grows continuously 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  A debt meter that spins faster than our electricity meters in July?

What discussion can you possibly have about that issue?  There is only two possible discussions one could have about it:  dealing with the problem or ignoring it and pretending that it doesn’t exist.

The irrational tea party wants to deal with it.  It is affecting our economy on many very real levels.  There is no more money to borrow, the problem only grows with time and inaction, and ultimately it will make us completely insolvent.

This isn’t about a tiny compromise to me, this is about the left not wanting to deal with reality.  Sorry, the credit card is maxxed out, you cannot take it to the mall.  

REAL compromise would be the argument about what we have to cut and by how much.  The fake compromise is pretending that we have extra money to spend on anything.

They can yammer all that they want to but the bottomline is, the numbers don’t lie, are very real and our unwillingness as a nation to deal with it will bring us down.

You cannot argue with financial insolvency, it’s something that just IS.  It exists no matter what someone ‘feels’ about it.  It exists regardless of who did it or why they did it.  Broke is broke.

Remember Nancy Pelosi actually locking the doors and posting security guards during the Healthcare debate to keep republicans from being involved in the debate?, or is your memory just that selective?

That would be like lumping all Mormons in with Mountain Meadow.  

That CNN still employes this guy as an anchor, after he admitted he is an advisor to the President, then he gets on television and criticizes the tea party as “pandering” is beyond histerical.

I’m really surprised that Alex doesn’t use words like “Obama advisor” when presenting CNN’s and Fareed’s opinions about the tea party.

For shame; doesn’t make you look too good Alex; Fareed is a self-admitted advisor to Obama and all articles theat are written about Fareed’s opinion should state that fact.

CNN, not to be trusted….

Political parties pander to people.  This is a shocking revelation.   

pics or it didn’t happen…

Why isn’t this labeled as a column?

Here is Fareed Zakaria and his Globalist “comrades” (ever noticed how often Obama uses that word?) grip on D.C. Politics: Bleed the country dry until either the US Dollar fails or the interest on the national debt becomes a greater % of our spending than anything else, effectively swallowing our economy into a black hole. This is will lead the governments of the world (in the name of safety) to issue a United Currency under the “power” of the UN. The Tea Party wants to fight this. I support them in this fight. Ron Paul 2012.

Ah yes. The Norway tragedy has given Leftists everywhere a chance to crack down on free speech. Rejoice!

The key is to make Obama the only president in history to make America default on its loans. If we can do that, Obama will lose in 2012.  So for me, it’s “short term loss (America defaults), long term gain (Obama loses in 2012).”

Right on point. Just a prediction: Boehner and Obama will reach a year and a half agreement to kick the can down the road in exchange for paltry spending cuts (and no tax hikes). That makes this the key issue in 2012, as it should be. I heard a Democrat named Robert Greenwald on NPR last night trying to distract the listeners by claiming that “people don’t care about debt reducton, they care about jobs.” What that ignoramous didn’t realize is that we can’t grow our economy if we’re burdened by all those zeros on the end of the debt clock. All these issues are intertwined and an honest, fiscally responsible American realizes that getting our budget in order will allow us to create jobs in the same way that getting a household’s budget in order will allow a family extra spending money. This is why almost 3/4 of Americans support a Balanced Budget Amendment, and the Dems refusal to see this will be their downfall in 2012.

I agree totally.  It has amazed me that journalists and politicians can look at & listen to the tea party people and not recognize the people who have been carrying this country on their backs.  The media is just as out of touch with middle class America as the  politicians.  I’ve had enough of Fareed.  Self-important, arrogant, know-it-all.  Like it takes a genius to insult and belittle people you disagree with.  No wonder he and the Prez get along so well.

Career Zittcaria you are moron, the tea party is not the problem. They are the solution. The voice of the disenfranchised is getting stronger. More and more people are wising up to Washington.. Increasing our debt will only speed up the demise of our great nation. Socialism doesn’t work only bankrupts. If you liberals like it so much move to Europe, where every nation is becoming another Greece. Career Zitcaria your a liberal and complete idiot. Lunacy reigns on CNN with the hiring of such in denial journalist.

You got that quote of me saying that, Kook?

You got that quote of me saying that, Kook?

Kind of like when Obama took office and refused to listen to Republicans by replying, “We won, you Lost”?  Kind of like when Pelosi and Reid refused numerous times to bring Republicans in on discussions when they controlled both houses? Those kind of compromises? 

This is a perfect insight into the murky grey matter of the Progressives: When you are voted in by your district and you follow the campaign promises you made to the electorate you are now “pandering”.  Maybe the reason they are listening to the Tea Party is because of the sweeping gains in Congress this past November. They were elected by the Tea Party, and now it is wrong to listen to the Tea Party. I suppose they should vote against the wishes of the voters.

Hey Fareed, here’s a question: When the Democrats passed te UHC bill despite high numbers of Americans opposing it who were THEY pandering to? I suppose you found it noble that the Dem congress went against the wishes of the voters, and not borderline criminal activity

Not only that, Fedup, but there is already an assumption that spending will drop in Iraq and Afghanistan. So Harry Reid is trying to get by with double-counting these “savings”, so he doesn’t have to come up $2.7 trillion in real savings.

I suggest a $1 trillion deal: cut FY2012 spending by at least $100 billion — not counting defense. Then Cap spending at FY2012 levels for at least four more years — a hard cap, zero increase in nominal spending. That will give the economy a chance to grow and revenues to start catching up with spending.

And in return, a $1 trillion increase in the debt limit, which should be enough for 6 or 8 months. During that period the Congress could work on tax reform — not tax increases, but a fundamental reform. And entitlement reform, which will mainly affect the out-years and not affect current retirees very much.

Who watches this freak anyway ?

Why does anyone listen to that Affirmative-Action Muslim brit boy?  He’s not an American, he doesn’t believe in America, he’s neither fair nor balance nor INTERESTING. I say fire his ass, revoke his greencard, and deport him back to England.
http://libertarians4freedom.blogspot.com/

These are the reasons that the Tea Party republicans continue the fight in the house…  The democrats have not only inflated the budgets some 25% in the last few years… but they have inflated their forcasted budgets so that they can claim spending cuts over the next 10 years where they are none as spending continues it rise in those same budgets..  They want to talk over the American people while they try to confuse us as they attempt this slight of hand…  If the debt talks fail, it will not be the fault of the Tea Party or the newly elected republicans, it will be caused rather by the continued attempts of deciet and obfuscation by the so called reasonable and seasoned political establishment whose efforts Zakaria so strongly supports in his piece.

You have black sites? Whoa, I’m scared!

Anytime you girls want to try a little enhanced interrogation don’t let you nail appointment stop you.

Compromise? You only want compromise when the alternative is a conservative idea being implemented. Were you calling for compromise when the health care law was passed? Or the stimulus? Where was the compromise then, you stinking pile of illiberal sh*t?

If you listen closely you can hear the sounds of millions of hands clapping..  Well Said!

It appeals enormously to the intellectual minimalists.

Why he asked? It’s basic human behavior. when you see Younger Congress(Tea Party) come into the political arena and they see that those older Adults, lifers in congress that they respected at one time, have run our country into the ground. The shame they show in their eyes alone makes Older Adults finally find some shame in what they have done and did and try to correct it. If they are human at all, it’s the right path to follow.

You go Tea Party..alot more people believe in you than what Bought media expresses. On both sides.

Farid “Don’t Call Me A Rag Head” Zakaria is a blithering Moslem fascist tool.  He has never read anything by the Founding Fathers— not one shred.  He is jihadi lite for the Moslem Brotherhood and he whispers in President Hadji’s ear every night while MooChelle is getting her hair straightened.

Zakaria has no analysis of the political dynamics in the US except for the line that leads to the end of American sovereignty.  He is a Soros paid shill.  He grows increasingly frustrated at the resolve of the American people to stick with the Constitution—- there are more of us than there are useless sniveling liberals who read “TIME” magazine and agree the Constitution should be “re-thought”. 

This mythical “center” that people speak of is a pipe dream of Democrats when they are getting their pussy asses whupped by real people who know that Democrats are the extreme fringe of the American electorate—– and look who they have as their leader?

Pour it on Tea Party. Hold Boehner’s foot to the fire and bury the President in his own BS. Push Cut, Cap and Balance through again and force that billy goat to sign it.  Then, cut his budget so he cant play any more golf on my dime.   When a pussy cries foul, kick the pussy in the face and keep doing it til they throw in the towel. 

Word of advice Democrat Pussies:  if you want to be stupid, you had better be tough.  (Cuz we are going to keep stomping your pussy Farid Zakaria asses until you are defeated and thrown out of power around the country.  Treasonous copperheads, one and all.)

Hmmm…Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid both said, just last year, that the Tea Party was ‘Astro Turf’ and ‘Unimportant’.  Is Fareed calling his Comrades ‘liers’?

That is funny RRE,   but your a big man,  can you sell that compromise thing to Obama?   He is the broken link in any and all negotiations.   He offers nothing and demands Tax Increases, at the single worst time to even consider that move.   Such insight.

Your fearless leader can get his ceiling, BUT he has to earn it.  He has to cut spending to equal the increase,  AND he has to knock off demands of Tax Increases in the face of the Job crisis.   WE dont just have a debt ceiling problem folks,  WE also have a job crisis.   You want more revenue, fine,  put people to work.  THEY PAY TAXES   when they work.   THEY STOP DRAWING  unemployment when they work.  They get off WELFARE when they work.   Tell me, does any of that sound like it might just help the demand for spending AND the need to continuously raise that ceiling?

I never comment on the blithering nonsense from a immigrant who proves every time he opens his mouth that America MUST MORE STRICTLY ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAWS TO BLOCK SUCH UNDESIRABLES.

your posts indicate you have a very intimate relationship with silly putty….

No one claims otherwise JR,  its the cure thats contentious.   Let me ask you,  what do you think will happen if the Pres gets a tax increase?  Who is he gona tax?   Would you agree its most likely the very people who create jobs?  And what do you suppose they will do if taxed even more than they are now?  Just the uncertainty of possible taxes demands they hold what they have and not EVEN consider taking on more expense.  You CANT raise taxes on them,  put the healthcare burden on them, and expect they will run out and hire more people which would put them further in debt.  You would think a smart feller like Obama would get that.  BUT the truth is,  He does,  but he has a problem,   no not the debt problem.  He needs to get re-elected, and nothing he is doing now is for the country, its to get re-elected.   He has decieded he likes trips on AF-1.  He likes those big state dinners.   Man, Id like one of those too. NO,  He is not about solving the debt problem.  Sorry he is trying to get elected, and every move he makes is to that end only.

Zakaria (like most of the inside the beltway-NYC-NYC media axis) does not really understand the tea party movement. They don’t get the concept of limited government. Liberals will always will always find more “injustice”. more problems that can’t be solved without more government. Any other POV is an anathema.
Fareed – did you not understand the last election ? Many losers were Blue Dog Dem’s and those in swing districts- hardly safe seats. Voters realized that there is not such thing as a “moderate” in today’s democratic party.

Yea that was bad,  BUT you got to admit,  he had a 9 in 10 chance of being right.  And by the way,  what does that have to do with his statement of People being sick to death of watching DC suck the life our of America?   OHHHH I get it.  sorry, Im slow today…  You agree but have to deflect the idea cause it just hurts to face it.  You almost had me that time.

Well since you have a grip on the situation,  could you please provide me with the name of the person, group or what ever it is that has a strangle hold on Obama?   Im guessing there is none,  He is in this for his benefit and his alone.  He needs to get re-elected.  The quickest way is to throw a bone to his radical following,   that is to show them He HATES  Rich people.   they should understand,  its Rich People that have sent him some 30 million to spend on his re-election.  

I love it.  Astro Turf.   Yea I really love it.   and In 1.5 years,  Obama, Reid and Pelosi, Shumer, Barney F,  Lee,  will all become fertilizer for the new turff.  Ohhhhh dont need fertilizer?   Well Ok just throw them all out the back door.  And whats wrong with a good bermuda grass any way.  So it goes dormant now and again    so does Obama and gang.

I love it.  Astro Turf.   Yea I really love it.   and In 1.5 years,  Obama, Reid and Pelosi, Shumer, Barney F,  Lee,  will all become fertilizer for the new turff.  Ohhhhh dont need fertilizer?   Well Ok just throw them all out the back door.  And whats wrong with a good bermuda grass any way.  So it goes dormant now and again    so does Obama and gang.

Fareed Zakaria refers to the Tea Party as a “special interest group?”  How about a pro-Constitution group?  The Tea Party is all about Americanism instead of Socialism.  If he’s too stupid to figure that out, then Zakaria is nothing more than a left-wing hack.

Fareed Zakaria refers to the Tea Party as a “special interest group?”  How about a pro-Constitution group?  The Tea Party is all about Americanism instead of Socialism.  If he’s too stupid to figure that out, then Zakaria is nothing more than a left-wing hack.

Lynch mob ready again?
 
Are you ready to deport Fareed because he is BROWN and with an funny sounding name?

Most polls show the majority of Americans (up to 79%) favor raising taxes on the rich – yet you won’t hear Fox admitting that fact because it’s not convenient to their corporatist agenda.

Moody’s is threatening to reduce our ratings more because of our continued spending and debt than the ‘debt ceiling’.  Like the wall street firms that went under, you simply can’t have high levels of debt and expect to keep running.    If they come to a deal that does not deal with the entire debt trajectory, the media will report ‘surprise’ when the ratings issue continues.  Yet, Moody’s has been very clear that our debt is unsustainable and the rating will come down if they continue to avoid reducing the debt….

Cussing! Whack knuckles with ruler.

Photoshop coming up!

How can one compromise a situation of where the country will be totally ruined financially if Obama continues to spend money?  Obama is driving us off a cliff.  Time to put on the brakes and to hell with what the bleeding heart liberals have to say.  They lack logical reasoning, ie.

A majority of these posts are proof that the Tea Party has not won, nor has the Republican Party, nor the Democratic Party.  These posts are proof that ignorance has won.   

Are you ready to admit that dozens of people in these posts all sound united around the same point (that spending is out of control)? Are you ready to admit that the article “an” only goes in front of words beginning with vowels or vowel sounds?

Can someone explain to me why this idiot still has a job in front of a TV camera? This clown can’t understand why the Tea-Party has as much power as they have for not being an organized Party. Is he kidding?!!

Spin spin away doesnt matter your poison killed the innocent in OSLO . U right wingers read from the same playbook, kill whoever doesnt follow the book. U r all as guilty as the twin towers terrorists. Sad

Relax or r u next to shoot up some camp??

The left needs to stopping politicizing this tragedy. A horrific slaughter of children is a terrible thing to accuse someone of just because he/she doesn’t have the same political leanings as you. In the wake of 9/11, Republicans and Democrats united as a soverign nation and said NO to international terrorism. I guess because this didn’t happen in America that unity is not present.

Thanks, I needed that……..I’m OK now……?