Tom Toles for October 22, 2013

  1. Missing large
    ConserveGov  over 10 years ago

    I see Barry The Great Excuse is already blaming the 2 week shutdown for the inevitable 2 year continuation of his disastrous first 5 years.Obviously Barry already told his minions like Tommy Trolls to just blame all his failures on the Tea Party. His low-info supporters will drink it up.

     •  Reply
  2. Avat
    Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member over 10 years ago

    let’s hope the Gopidiots don’t recover for a long while

     •  Reply
  3. U joes mint logo rs 192x204
    Uncle Joe Premium Member over 10 years ago

    The Tea Party went into the shutdown with no realistic goals. They did not have the votes to stop the ACA, but promised their base that they would do just that. They managed to get the House GOP leaders to go along, but should have realized the Senate & Obama were not going to yield on the ACA. Reagan was able to impose his agenda, despite the fact that Democrats controlled both Houses of Congress. Of course, both sides had a firm grasp on what was achievable back then.If they were decent politicians, the Tea Party Reps would have had a clear idea of what they would take in exchange for letting the government limp along till 2014. They didn’t & walked away with little to show. Maybe the saner folk in the GOP will prevail upon them to base their plans on what they can realistically extract from the Democrats. Maybe.

     •  Reply
  4. Missing large
    emptc12  over 10 years ago

    It’s way more clever than you all think. They were playing “good gop vs. bad gop.” You’ll see.

     •  Reply
  5. Missing large
    wjstuhr  over 10 years ago

    No, they showed us they’re just mean.

     •  Reply
  6. Barnette
    Enoki  over 10 years ago

    So last month… Toles: Just out of the loop…

     •  Reply
  7. Missing large
    klr562  over 10 years ago

    more patriot than the other choice

     •  Reply
  8. Missing large
    retpost  over 10 years ago

    For the tea party strike1 was that O will not have a second term. Strike 2 stop ACA. Lets make strick 3 2014.

     •  Reply
  9. Missing large
    sdut sucks  over 10 years ago

    Very well said.

     •  Reply
  10. Horsehead aldohubble 960
    krisjackson01  over 10 years ago

    Wait, wait … Republicans, you’re right. Tea Party, you’re right. You did the right thing. In fact, you should do it again. Go ahead, do something like that again. In fact, do it just before the 2014 election. Please?

     •  Reply
  11. Taz by abovetheflames
    danketaz Premium Member over 10 years ago

    Time for a fire sale.

     •  Reply
  12. Missing large
    edward thomas Premium Member over 10 years ago

    Two interesting articles about tea party candidates/leaders:An Idaho candidate decries Obamacare, while having 10 kids on Medicare. Claims no hypocrisy because he should avail himself of legally available products/services. He doesn’t like property taxes, but pays them. Doesn’t like professional/state licenses, but uses providers that have them. Is against building codes, but follows them. OY!An Oregon tea party leader hasn’t paid property taxes in three years, and has managed to stay ahead of the law. Article specifically stated they “couldn’t find him.”

     •  Reply
  13. Jollyroger
    pirate227  over 10 years ago

    “We have to get something out of this but, I don’t know even what that is.”

     •  Reply
Sign in to comment

More From Tom Toles