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highplainsdem

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Sat Oct 12, 2013, 03:09 PM Oct 2013

Morgan Griffith, GOP Rep, Compares Default To American Revolution [View all]

Source: Huffington Post

Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) compared the looming default to the American Revolution on Saturday after a meeting with House Republicans.

The Hill reports Griffith suggested that even if it resulted in a severely damaging default, the House should reject an unfavorable agreement from the Senate.

“We have to make a decision that’s right long-term for the United States, and what may be distasteful, unpleasant and not appropriate in the short run may be something that has to be done,” Griffith said, according to The Hill. “I will remind you that this group of renegades that decided that they wanted to break from the crown in 1776 did great damage to the economy of the colonies. They created the greatest nation and the best form of government, but they did damage to the economy in the short run.”

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Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/12/default-american-revolution-morgan-griffith_n_4089911.html

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Ah, another baptism by fire Tea Party debt ceiling denier... TomCADem Oct 2013 #1
Well he didn't have the gonads to call it MyNameGoesHere Oct 2013 #2
Another Great Depression Turbineguy Oct 2013 #3
Sounds like sedition to me Zorro Oct 2013 #4
Jackpine compares Morgan Griffith to cockroach droppings Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #5
The next thing they'll say is amb123 Oct 2013 #6
Maybe Argentina and Russia can give us lessons on that. paleotn Oct 2013 #11
oh really? paleotn Oct 2013 #7
Sad, sad day to hear this. Justice Oct 2013 #8
SHIT FOR BRAINS TEABAGGER. Turbineguy Oct 2013 #9
This idiot is my rep, dgibby Oct 2013 #10
WTF! I fail to see the correlation, I believe the Civil war would have made a better analogy.... Rebellious Republican Oct 2013 #12
These clowns are really asking for it. nt bemildred Oct 2013 #13
They really are revolutionaries andym Oct 2013 #14
Why don't they ask these ignoramuses questions about U.S. history? Faygo Kid Oct 2013 #15
Teabagger, and Christian Dominionist too, I bet. blkmusclmachine Oct 2013 #16
Another GOPer pokes his head out. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2013 #17
Our current form of government isn't the one we had after 1776... JHB Oct 2013 #18
stupid tbagger weissmam Oct 2013 #19
I keep thinking they can't get any stupider in their historical undersatnding. JimboBillyBubbaBob Oct 2013 #20
lol@ hoping for a second Revolution... Volaris Oct 2013 #21
I thought this had to be the Onion Skittles Oct 2013 #22
...so fucking stupid. SoapBox Oct 2013 #23
Rep Morgan is a direct reflection of the voters in his district MarchemintotheSea Oct 2013 #24
JUST THINK-- stupid enough to have sent Rick Boucher to Congress from the 9th from 1983 through 2011 carolinayellowdog Oct 2013 #25
Morgan Griffith, GOP Rep, Compares Default To American Revolution The CCC Oct 2013 #26
He's right. He just doesn't know he's on the wrong side of history. yurbud Oct 2013 #27
Illusions of grandeur. n/t kiranon Oct 2013 #28
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