Tea Party Cheers for More Pain and Suffering

[TexasTowelie]

By Dr. Brian Carr
President, Behavioral Health Associates, Lubbock, Texas, 1991-Present
Chairman, City of Lubbock Board of Health, 2013
Submitted on October 6, 2013 - 9:25am

It is truly disgusting to contemplate that the Extreme Right of the Republican Party is purposely seeking to inflict increasing amounts of pain and suffering on the American people as a means of politically defeating Democrats in Congress and the Senate.

Democracy Corps – a Democratic-leaning polling firm – released a study this week based on a series of focus groups they conducted with loyal Republican voters.

These Republican focus groups displayed the “us versus them” mentality that is destroying the party from within. They worry that minorities, immigrants, and welfare recipients now believe it is their “right” to claim [public] benefits. Tea Party participants, in particular, were very focused on those who claim “rights” in the form of government services, without taking responsibility for themselves.

And the Extreme Right of the Republican Party would offer that the shutdown is insignificant, since the federal government is a terrible burden that real Americans neither want nor need. The worsening public relations problem for these extremists is that the GOP’s shutdown is actually creating real harm to real people, and every tragic story is a reminder of their party’s indifference and the importance of government in caring for its people.

For those on the Extreme Right this shutdown is, according to Laura Ingram "A Dream For A Conservative" while serving up a nightmare for our communities. In their frenzied campaign these Tea Party activists have attacked Welfare recipients, food stamp recipients, the uninsured, foreclosed homeowners, the homeless, the poor, the unemployed, the working poor, the working class the middle class, Society Security, Medicare, teachers, firefighters, EMTs, police officers, railroad & airline workers, public service workers, women’s rights, all unions, contraception, voter’s rights, education, undocumented immigrants, gays, Muslims, all liberal groups, socialists, environmentalists, veterans, OWS, NAACP, AARP, ACLU, EPA, FDA, NPR, FCC, PBS, Planned Parenthood, Girl Scouts, green energy, Obamacare, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, science, Dr. Seuss, Big Bird, Sesame Street, Teletubbies, The Muppets, Sponge Bob and Mister Rogers.

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This week our own Congressman Neugebauer put the cherry on top by demeaning a National Park Ranger who was the victim of his lack of vision for the country and blind devotion to the Tea Party. Even four days after the fact his Facebook page continues to draw 10-20 comments a minute that are very negative but, much as with Alfred P. Neuman he seems to think “What Me Worried”.

Each day more citizens are denied and the damage deepens. Needs are met by closed doors and voice mail. Each day children will increasingly suffer. Farmers are left with dwindling market support and our economy takes a hit.

With the vote to increase the debt ceiling approaching how much further will the Tea Party “double down” on a lost and radical cause? I hope only to see this farce continued so that our country remebers clearly what happens when you let fools and liars steer the ship.

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Source: http://lubbockonline.com/interact/blog-post/dr-brian-carr/2013-10-06/tea-party-cheers-more-pain-and-suffering

[font color=green]This article was written in response to Dr. Donald R. May's (aka "Mr. Conservative) blog: "Obama Pushes for More Pain and Suffering" at http://lubbockonline.com/interact/blog-post/may/2013-10-06/obama-pushes-more-pain-and-suffering .[/font]

Cross-posted in Good Reads forum.

[mbperrin]

1. Anyone whose name can be confused with Nuggetbutter needs to be

very very quiet.

Wouldn't work for Randy, the idiot, though.

[texanwitch]

2. Well, that list just about includes everyone.

Jesus.