Maybe people ave been mocking them because they're, well idiots? It's for the reasons you mentioned -- because their cause seems to be rather silly and ill-defined, and downright counterproductive. Maybe some of us are annoyed with people who sit around and whine without understanding what is really going on -- or at least trying to figure it out, which is probably more accurate. And blaming Obama for using sensible economic theory to try to fix the problem -- I mean, how dare he! And the "teabagging" thing just clinches it. However, I have not seen the TV coverage, so I don't actually know just how bad the mocking is.
You know, I have a feeling that Obama would probably have loved to have a balanced budget. I've gotten the distinct feeling, based on comments he's made and things he's said, that he is not happy with inheriting Bush's mess, and that he's rather be working on all the things he wanted to do to bring real change to the country. But he also seems determined to try to make it work. It's too bad that this mess is especially tricky. I've read so many conflicting viewpoints that I have come to the conclusion that a solid majority of pundits understand what is going on no better or worse than I do.
Hell, I just read something that listed the amount of years the U.S. has run a deficit in modern memory. Scary. After this mess is solved, we need to turn this around. In summer fantasy (Doonesbury nod there), Obama gets re-elected and taxes the *shit* out of the rich in his second term.
If Coleman takes this all the way to the SC, that could be bad, for obvious reasons. Eeek. I actually hadn't thought that far ahead. I keep thinking he'll throw in the towel any day now.
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You know, I have a feeling that Obama would probably have loved to have a balanced budget. I've gotten the distinct feeling, based on comments he's made and things he's said, that he is not happy with inheriting Bush's mess, and that he's rather be working on all the things he wanted to do to bring real change to the country. But he also seems determined to try to make it work. It's too bad that this mess is especially tricky. I've read so many conflicting viewpoints that I have come to the conclusion that a solid majority of pundits understand what is going on no better or worse than I do.
Hell, I just read something that listed the amount of years the U.S. has run a deficit in modern memory. Scary. After this mess is solved, we need to turn this around. In summer fantasy (Doonesbury nod there), Obama gets re-elected and taxes the *shit* out of the rich in his second term.
If Coleman takes this all the way to the SC, that could be bad, for obvious reasons. Eeek. I actually hadn't thought that far ahead. I keep thinking he'll throw in the towel any day now.