Thanks for bringing it here.
The problem is the argument is a false one. The issue by those who actually threatened not to raise the debt ceiling wasn't if they would vote that way or not, it was that they were using one of the few tools available to force the President to cut spending. Every threat of not raising the debt ceiling was followed with "unless x spending cuts are made" and that the insane spending was brought under control. No one was saying they wanted to put the country into default simply because they didn't want to raise the debt ceiling, at least no one who actually won or who has any credibility.
It is especially hypocritical because Dems used the exact same tactics against Bush and the GOP. Here is Barack Obama from 2006:
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The fact that we're here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. Leadership means 'The buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt limit.
In the show the implication is that the GOP was using an incorrect argument that somehow the debt ceiling had to do with spending cuts directly. It simply isn't true and the way they portrayed it in the show further showed how they realize it. They intentionally picked a cartoonish Congressman who never commented. They selectively chose to pick a fake Congressman because they can't find a real quote or facts to back up their highly misleading assertion.
The show is also trying hard to make Tea Party supporters into mindless robots that are manipulated by politicians into doing their bidding. Anyone that knows anything about the real Tea Party knows this is laughable. Most Tea Party folks are highly intelligent and often are successful businessman and are college educated and well informed. Are all of them? Of course not. The Tea Party has no formal structure but rather is a movement held together loosely by common issues. This is further evidenced by the fact that the "Tea Party" often endorses multiple candidates because there is no one running the ship nor is there a process to put one in place. It's actually amazing how much they have talked about the Tea Party and yet have avoided linking it to Obamacare, out of control spending, or career politicians that have lost touch with voters. As much as they may want it to be this isn't 1994 and the Tea Party is not the Christian Coalition.
