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Fox’s Brit Hume And Bill Kristol Declare Tea Party Victory In Budget Battle

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Although some like Sarah Palin and Mark Levin think the Tea Party should be disappointed or angry with the budget deal, most of the commentators on the Fox News Sunday panel think the Tea Party should be proud of what they accomplished. Only Juan Williams predicted Republicans misread their mandate by pursuing huge budget cuts and will pay for it in the future.

Bill Kristol was impressed that the Tea Party’s influence was able to secure “real cuts in real spending this year,” something he didn’t think was at all realistic. While Brit Hume declared it a big win for the Tea Party, especially since the result has Speaker John Boehner come out “smelling like a rose.” With one “victory” in the bag, it seems like the Tea Party’s influence might only increase the next time around and which is something Williams doesn’t think bodes well for the Republican party.

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  • Dem4Ever

    Spending cuts aren’t a victory for the Republicans nor for the Tea Party. They are a victory for the American people!

  • ModerateMan

    Brit Hume and Bill Kristol have a pulse on the Tea Party like an MSNBC analyst. They are the type of Republicans that helped motivate the creation of the Tea Party with their brain dead support of spending, war, and the attack on civil rights when Bush was President. For Hume and Kristol to now champion the Tea Party is ludicrous.

  • ModerateMan

    And no, Tea Partiers don’t consider a 1% cut in the deficit to be a victory.

  • skyfet

    Victory! what a low standard of measuring success. Who do they think they are fooling? let me guess, the phonies are deceiving the phonies. They deserve one anther.

  • Barack Must Go

    It’s rather hard either way to say the Tea Party won or lost. What they feel in their hearts and minds right this second will quickly be religated to the archives as soon as Obama lauches his attack on the constitution, democracy, Wall Street, big business and any ” real ” American who dared to realize the American dream later on in the week.

    It will be back to the same old, same old from the race baiting, class warfare morally bankrupt, got nothing Obama administration from now until We the ” real ” American people shellack the living _____ out of him and what’s left of the equally degenerate dems next year.

    Damn that Paul Ryan for making the great pretender have to actually make some bull_____ story up sooner than later to appease his fractured almost beyond repair base.

    It’s all downhill from here for this president. We just have to remind ourselves of that when the putrid smell eminating out of this White House and his minions makes us sick to our stomachs on a daily basis.

    We lived through two plus years of his stench, what’s another 19 months……. _______Whatever the letters are that spell that sound one makes when projectile vomiting to be inserted here.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    Oh, the desperation – “Oh! Look!! Brit and Bill have declared Tea Party Victory!!” Sure, ‘n that’s why they’re dancin’ in the street, Boy-o!. Sheesh. The godDAMN Tealiban got its ass handed to it. Boehner caved, Obama and the Democrats won and that means America won. The barometer for what’s good for America is directly related to how bad it is for the Tealiban. Tealiban loses = America wins

  • felixw

    Over the last couple years, hundreds of left-wingers have put up comments at Mediaite bragging that Republicans aren’t serious about cost-cutting, and trying assign credit to the Democrats for the balanced budgets implemented by Newt Gingrich’s Republican Congress back during the Clinton administration. I invite them to offer their commentary on the current situation. Yes, my dear progressive friends, your sad spin has totally collapsed. Republican do ALL the heavy lifting in cost cutting, and Democrats whine, stall and posture. Come on, lefties, let’s hear you bragging about the fiscal restraint of your favorite party….if you can find it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    felixw said:
    Over the last couple years, hundreds of left-wingers have put up comments at Mediaite bragging that Republicans aren’t serious about cost-cutting, and trying assign credit to the Democrats for the balanced budgets implemented by Newt Gingrich’s Republican Congress back during the Clinton administration. I invite them to offer their commentary on the current situation. Yes, my dear progressive friends, your sad spin has totally collapsed. Republican do ALL the heavy lifting in cost cutting, and Democrats whine, stall and posture. Come on, lefties, let’s hear you bragging about the fiscal restraint of your favorite party….if you can find it.

    See, that’s your problem – you only have a glimmer of one part of the recipe for success – you use ‘fiscal restraint’ but it’s only a slogan, you don’t know how to implement it and you don’t recognize that fiscal restraint demands sound fiscal policy, including revenue generating policy. You like the sound of ‘bush tax cuts = greater revenue and lower unemployment’ but the reality of ‘bush tax cuts = less revenue and higher unemployment’ doesn’t pierce your consciousness. You’d prefer to keep on keepin’ on with the same failed policies of the first decade of this century and hope for a different result. Cutting the legs out from under the least able to handle the cuts is no way to build a nation and if you resent those of us who’ll defend the unemployed, the poor, the children and the elderly, well, hell – here’s a resounding FUCK you.

  • http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-explains-how-the-unions-are-using-teachers-firefighters-and-co ImNotBlue

    Bill Adkins said:
    Oh, the desperation – “Oh! Look!! Brit and Bill have declared Tea Party Victory!!” Sure, ‘n that’s why they’re dancin’ in the street, Boy-o!. Sheesh. The godDAMN Tealiban got its ass handed to it. Boehner caved, Obama and the Democrats won and that means America won. The barometer for what’s good for America is directly related to how bad it is for the Tealiban. Tealiban loses = America wins

    I like that you refer to your political opposition in a way that associates them with terrorists. I like, not because it’s fair, honest, or makes any kind of sense… but because it shows you to be a really nasty and angry political hack, and as such, requires me to do less work in pointing that out. Thank you, today you’ve saved me some time.

    As to the issue… it looks like both sides are a little unhappy with the deal… which is the sign of a compromise. As for where the right wins, however, is when you remember that even though they only hold one house of congress, they were able to force spending cuts upon the other branches. To me, this demonstrates a pretty high degree of power, despite still being in the over-all minority.

    But whatever… the right will see it as a win, because they got some of what they wanted, and demonstrated their influence on the government… the far-right will see this as a loss, because they put politics above pragmatism… the left will see it as a win for Obama, because they rarely criticize him… the far-left will see it as a loss, because Obama and congress paid any attention to non-Liberals. Same old, same old.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    Se

    ImNotBlue said:
    I like that you refer to your political opposition in a way that associates them with terrorists. I like, not because it’s fair, honest, or makes any kind of sense… but because it shows you to be a really nasty and angry political hack, and as such, requires me to do less work in pointing that out. Thank you, today you’ve saved me some time. As to the issue… it looks like both sides are a little unhappy with the deal… which is the sign of a compromise. As for where the right wins, however, is when you remember that even though they only hold one house of congress, they were able to force spending cuts upon the other branches. To me, this demonstrates a pretty high degree of power, despite still being in the over-all minority. But whatever… the right will see it as a win, because they got some of what they wanted, and demonstrated their influence on the government… the far-right will see this as a loss, because they put politics above pragmatism… the left will see it as a win for Obama, because they rarely criticize him… the far-left will see it as a loss, because Obama and congress paid any attention to non-Liberals. Same old, same old.

    There you go again, blue – only skimming the surface. You miss so much. I’m referring to my political opposition in a way that associates them with their kindred in ignorance. Ignorance breeds evil breeds terrorism. The common thread of ignorance is what links the Taliban and the Tealiban. It’s not an issue of who sits where on the tennis court – it’s that extremism breeds alliances – give ‘em time, they’ll join.

  • winning

    It’s sad that we’re even having this discussion, that there has to be “winners” and “losers. The federal budget has been cut, which is a win for everyone.

  • BeckFinallyDemoted

    If the teabaggers won then why are they so pissed off at The Blaze and Big Government?

    Boehner had a victory, not the Tea Party. Tea Party got screwed!

  • http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-explains-how-the-unions-are-using-teachers-firefighters-and-co ImNotBlue

    Bill Adkins said:
    Se There you go again, blue – only skimming the surface. You miss so much. I’m referring to my political opposition in a way that associates them with their kindred in ignorance. Ignorance breeds evil breeds terrorism. The common thread of ignorance is what links the Taliban and the Tealiban. It’s not an issue of who sits where on the tennis court – it’s that extremism breeds alliances – give ‘em time, they’ll join.

    Great point… I forgot I was talking to the very moderate Bill Adkins… not the left-wing radical Bill Adkins, which we’ve all become so used to.

    Although, I can’t say I’m surprised that you think that people who disagree with you (the political opposition) is ignorant. Most people who write like you do are so consumed with their own point of view, that they don’t even recognize how arrogant they really are. “If you don’t agree with me, you’re stupid,” is the message they (you) convey. The power of ego.

  • Yoda002

    Is the tail wagging the dog because I thought the teabaggers were upset by the deal. It just the rights way of controlling the Frankenstein they created.

  • illusive man

    Bill Adkins said:
    Se There you go again, blue – only skimming the surface. You miss so much. I’m referring to my political opposition in a way that associates them with their kindred in ignorance. Ignorance breeds evil breeds terrorism. The common thread of ignorance is what links the Taliban and the Tealiban. It’s not an issue of who sits where on the tennis court – it’s that extremism breeds alliances – give ‘em time, they’ll join.

    But infact it is the “liberals” that always makes excuses for acts of terrorism.
    When we get attacked the left will say “how can we change ourselves so terrorists will like us”
    Make no mistake my friend, When it comes to who is the friend’s of terrorists, The left gladly filled that position since 9/12/2001

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    ImNotBlue said:
    Great point… I forgot I was talking to the very moderate Bill Adkins… not the left-wing radical Bill Adkins, which we’ve all become so used to. Although, I can’t say I’m surprised that you think that people who disagree with you (the political opposition) is ignorant. Most people who write like you do are so consumed with their own point of view, that they don’t even recognize how arrogant they really are. “If you don’t agree with me, you’re stupid,” is the message they (you) convey. The power of ego.

    Well, I suppose I could’ve chosen to be a Tea Party and Republican apologist, but that’s so ‘blue.’

  • illusive man

    Bill Adkins said:
    Well, I suppose I could’ve chosen to be a Tea Party and Republican apologist, but that’s so ‘blue.’

    No, Being a Dem apologist is ‘blue’ you silly “liberal”.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    illusive man said:
    No, Being a Dem apologist is ‘blue’ you silly “liberal”.

    Tsk — it’s his name. Always having to explain the simple things to the simpletons.

  • tatboy

    Yoda002 said:
    Is the tail wagging the dog because I thought the teabaggers were upset by the deal. It just the rights way of controlling the Frankenstein they created.

    Chuck???

  • http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-explains-how-the-unions-are-using-teachers-firefighters-and-co ImNotBlue

    @ Bill

    So you chose to be a left-wing, Liberal, MoveOn, MSNBC apologist.

    Or do you consider yourself less apologist, most attack dog for the left?

  • illusive man

    Bill Adkins said:
    Tsk — it’s his name. Always having to explain the simple things to the simpletons.

    Oh Billy, The concept of a joke escapes you.

    A common trait of the American Bolshevik.

  • kvon

    The Tea Party continues it’s short march to Conservative obscurity like the John Birch Society before it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    illusive man said:
    Oh Billy, The concept of a joke escapes you. A common trait of the American Bolshevik.

    Gotcha!!!!

  • meena140

    Fox News Hides Video of Sarah Palin Blasting John Boehner’s Budget Deal:

    http://www.politicususa.com/en/fox-sarah-palin-boehner

  • J Baustian

    I still don’t know what’s in the deal. I heard that Senator Reid agreed to allow some stand-alone bills to be voted on in the Senate, without threat of filibuster, but then never heard more about that.

    I think Speaker Boehner has a lot of selling to do, to get his caucus to vote for it. And if this spending bill passes but only because of 75 Democrat votes or so, then what kind of GOP victory is that?

    The consequences of a shutdown over the budget are much milder than a shutdown over the debt limit. But this deal now makes a defeat of the debt limit extension even more likely.

    The Speaker and his allies must remember that, thanks to the tea party movement, the Republicans won a landslide victory last November. The mood of the voters has not changed since then, except President Obama is even more unpopular than five months ago.

  • CAconservative

    This budget cut was peanuts compared to what needs to be cut, and the Republicans know it. What they are mis-reading is the will of the Tea-Party movement. We told the useless Republicans we wanted nothing less than a $100-Billion cut, they compromised it down to a messily $38-Billion? Less than half of what they should have got, and the Repuli-Rats are patting themselves on the back?
    The Replicans are under the same false impression the Demo-Rats have of us. We are not interested in them personally, we are interested in getting this Nation back on track, and if it means dumping Boehner or any other useless Republican who doesn’t understand that no means NO, his ass will be gone just as fast as Obimbo’s in 2012!

  • X-3

    It wasn’t the “victory” I was hoping for–it was about $300 BILLION short of the mark.

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