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_dealHat-tip to:
http://twitter.com/jazgar/status/12248140606341120See 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=389x9704754House Tea Party leader Bachmann: GOP Should Scuttle Tax Deal
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9710891Even 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.