# In Your Face Radical Right Happy Dance Gloating Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 16, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414 "2013-10-16T17:41:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414/61 "2013-10-16T22:04:49Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > _snip_ To me this just looks like kicking the can a very short way down the road. But that’s the best part, Teabaggers miss can, shoot themselves in the foot. Dems hand them another bullet, Teabaggers reload and shoot the other foot. Could we replace the panda cam with this? It’ll be like watching reruns of the 228 stooges… ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414/62 "2013-10-16T22:07:09Z")
Next on Fox News - Tea Partiers show themselves to be the reasonable adults who avoided the default, while Democrats refused to negotiate! ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414/63 "2013-10-16T22:07:40Z")
> [@Werekoala](#): > > What did you think would happen? Gloat all you want but this changes nothing. I’ll let Morbo tell what would happen to the Tea Party: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6bbIBs0P2t0/hqdefault.jpg "Futurama - Morbo - Doom!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bbIBs0P2t0) “DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!” ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414/64 "2013-10-16T22:09:06Z")
[![](https://peterjsullivan.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/gop_tears.jpg) ](https://peterjsullivan.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/gop_tears.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414/65 "2013-10-16T22:11:55Z")
> [@Werekoala](#): > > What did you think would happen? Gloat all you want but this changes nothing. Did the Tea Party achieve their goals? Do you expect them to achieve their goals when we do this all over again in January? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414/66 "2013-10-16T22:11:59Z")
> [@Werekoala](#): > > Gloat all you want but this changes nothing. That’s the point. The lunatics tried to hold the country hostage and got told: “You get NOTHING! You LOSE! Good day, sir!” ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414/67 "2013-10-16T22:17:37Z")
> [@Werekoala](#): > > What did you think would happen? Something. > [@](#): > > Gloat all you want Thanks! > [@](#): > > but this changes nothing. Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414/68 "2013-10-16T22:29:55Z")
> [@Werekoala](#): > > What did you think would happen? Gloat all you want but this changes nothing. It puts the GOP in a much worse position for the 2014 midterms. That’s something. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414/69 "2013-10-16T22:31:17Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Did the Tea Party achieve their goals? Do you expect them to achieve their goals when we do this all over again in January? And that will put the GOP in an even **worse** position for the 2014 midterms. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414/70 "2013-10-16T22:44:05Z")
> [@Werekoala](#): > > What did you think would happen? Gloat all you want but this changes nothing. True. It still remains that some percentage of the members of the House would rather risk wrecking the world economy than let people with pre-existing medical conditions get health insurance. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414/71 "2013-10-16T22:56:28Z")
> [@Werekoala](#): > > What did you think would happen? Gloat all you want but this changes nothing. Considering that the “change” we were facing was something like worldwide economic chaos, I’ll _take_ “no change”. And it probably has reduced America’s influence and respect in the world, which I consider a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414/72 "2013-10-16T22:56:38Z")
I felt sorry for the moderate Republicans for like, a second. But then I realized, it’s their own damned fault for pandering to the far-right extremists and putting these lunatics in power in the first place. Mostly I’m just going to sit back and enjoy the tasty, tasty Schadenfreude until the Republican party gets its shit together. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414/73 "2013-10-16T23:01:48Z")
Given that not feeling sympathetic to other people is a central part of their worldview, there’s no circumstances under which I’d feel sympathetic to a Republican. They wouldn’t care about me even if I was burning alive; I see no reason to feel any sympathy over anything that happens to them. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414/74 "2013-10-16T23:06:08Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Given that not feeling sympathetic to other people is a central part of their worldview, there’s no circumstances under which I’d feel sympathetic to a Republican. They wouldn’t care about me even if I was burning alive; I see no reason to feel any sympathy over anything that happens to them. You are like a cartoon of what every Republican member of my family thinks all liberals are like. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414/75 "2013-10-16T23:06:36Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > . . . until the Republican party gets its shit together. Make them scoop it out of the pool/punch bowl first. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414/76 "2013-10-16T23:10:47Z")
> [@TheSeaOtter](#): > > I hereby declare a holiday in recognition of these joyous events. Let October 16th ever after be celebrated as ‘Congress Performs Trivial Tasks Only Three Weeks After Deadline Day’. I’ afraid we’re going to be celebrating _several_ of those holidays every year… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414/77 "2013-10-16T23:21:30Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I’ afraid we’re going to be celebrating _several_ of those holidays every year… True, the chronic problem persists but the acute problem is allayed. Its like you still got malaria but the execution has been cancelled. Still a good day. So come on, Eeyore, rock out! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414/78 "2013-10-16T23:22:12Z")
> [@Werekoala](#): > > What did you think would happen? That the Tea Party would humiliate themselves. They obliged. > [@](#): > > Gloat all you want but this changes nothing. I’m not sure. Do you think the Republicans will be spoiling for another debt ceiling fight in a couple of months- closer to an election and with their polls in the toilet? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414/79 "2013-10-16T23:23:18Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > [A Blinkin Blog: Image](http://peterjsullivan.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/gop_tears.jpg) _Beautiful_ piece of work. I will keep an eye on this guy. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414/80 "2013-10-16T23:25:49Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’m not sure. Do you think the Republicans will be spoiling for another debt ceiling fight in a couple of months- closer to an election and with their polls in the toilet? Most of them? No. The 25 or so Tea Party Republicans in the house? Sure. Cruz, if he feels it would get him more personal power? Definitely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414.md?page=5)