Remember the "Wimpy" character from the old "Popeye" cartoons?

[Atticus]

He loved hamburgers, but was always broke. His classic plea was always "I'd gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today!"

Today, we bought "Wimpy" McConnell a burger. It's a good thing Republicans always keep their word.

[lunasun]

1. Yes and we had a burger place called Wimpys too . You had to pay up front though when you ordered

Yeah sure Wimpy ok

[left-of-center2012]

2. When I lived in San Diego ...

... a couple decades ago,
there was a "Wimpy's Hamburger".
A small, kind of sleazy joint.

I never stopped, 'cause it looked pretty bad.

[lunasun]

4. See my post above. Ours had a window you could see them making hamburgers ...you don't

wanna know what we kids would see
Your assessment was correct but is was the only joint around

[brooklynite]

3. Your analogy fails...

...because the Republicans only extended the budget for 3 weeks. If they renege on their DACA vote, they won't get the Democrats back in February.

[Atticus]

5. Wanna bet? nt

[lunasun]

8. Didn't they say no one leaves town for the holidays until DACA is done over a month ago?

[Aristus]

6. IIRC, Wimpy was actually wealthy, but a cheapskate.

Am I wrong about this?

At any rate, he's a perfect expy for today's Republicans.

[Atticus]

7. You could be correct. Maybe I misremembered. nt

[lunasun]

9. I had to look that up because it's so long

Urban dictionary today

Etymology is from the cartoon "Popeye", where the character Wimpy would frequently utter this phrase. He was a glutton, and would consume burgers at a ferocious rate but could rarely pay for his habit.

The phrase implies the underlying feeling that the person will unlikely actually pay for the hamburger (or whatever) on Tuesday (or ever, for that matter.

Wiki
On the cartoon
Wimpy is Popeye's friend. In the cartoons, he mainly plays the role of the "straight man" to Popeye's outbursts and wild antics. Wimpy is soft-spoken, very intelligent, and well educated, but also cowardly, very lazy, overly parsimonious and utterly gluttonous. He is also something of a scam artist and, especially in the newspaper strip, can be underhanded.