I want to find out how Teabaggers live in a state of perpetual cognitive dissonance. For months, they were all welcoming the prospect of not raising the debt ceiling, which of course would have result in a Default, which is a credit rating downgrade of multiple levels from Triple A to D, and would have destroyed the global economy in nearly an instant, followed by the sinking of Japan into the sea, followed by a economic catastrophe the likes of which no mortal has ever seen, followed by week two.
They wanted that. They celebrated the prospect.
And they persisted in economic terrorism up until the last second in order to achieve that result. But then they stepped away from the brink, agreeing to a deal that the majority of the teabagger caucus voted for, and that Speaker Boehner chortled was 98% of what he wanted.
And now those very same antics, and the horrible non-compromising rigidity they have brought to Washington has resulted in a credit rating downgrade. Not to the Default status that they wanted. But to AA+, the next level lower of the Triple A rating.
This is what the Tea Party wanted.
And yet, they are blaming the President for it. So how do they live in a world where something they wanted happens and they are supposedly upset about it.
Their actions resulted in the downgrade, as even S&P stated in their memorandum explaining their action. The Republican refusal to raise taxes and their opposition to any new revenue streams, and their fanaticism was cited by S&P as some of the main factors that clouded both the political and economic outlook for the United States.
The Teabaggers wanted this and they made sure to be the downgrade about by their actions. They own it now.