Boehner Cites Jefferson: "A Little Rebellion Now And Then Is Good"

It's a source of unceasing wonderment to me how ideologues in this country are invariably convicned convinced that whatever they're doing is good for democracy, no matter how destructive or egregious their conduct.

And to think, with such erudite and well thought responses as these, Republicans would look down on the left.
Heh.

Thank you my children, we will prevail..
How just drink the "Kool Aid" my children

"A Little Rebellion Now And Then Is Good"

And a little history -- especially misunderstood and distorted -- can be very bad. Shays rebellion was one of the principal precipitants of the Constitutional convention. Jefferson was in the distinct minority of the Founding Fathers in minimizing the event, likely because he was in France when it occurred.

I would love to see a serious attempt at armed rebellion from the tea baggers. They seem to think that because they have guns they could pull it off. It would be crushed.

Johnboy, it ain't rebellion you guys are engaging in and agitating for so much as plain ol' obstruction, albeit with amped-up rhetoric. Now, if you want to really engage in true rebellion, be my guest, because I for one would love to see you and your ilk rounded up and incarcerated like the cheap petty criminal terrorist sympathizers you are at heart.

suggesting that this tea party crap is anything but sour grapes and sore-loserism gives it far too much credit.

we JUST had an election. the party that trounced the other party is attempting to do what it promised voters it would do if elected. none of this warrants any sort of 'political rebellion' even if that were what it is. but it isn't even that. it's just a temper tantrum that the right is throwing because it can't keep getting it's way after LOSING elections.

now, i would have some sympathy for the republicans if the dems had just shut them out of the policy process (as the republicans did to the dems after winning the slimmest control of congress). ham-fisted majoritarian bullying is not good for the democratic process and doesn't actually produce good policy.

but the dems have actually negotiated in good faith. they've even bent over backwards further than they were obligated to. baucus' gang of six gave the republicans an equal seat at the table when their numbers didn't actually entitle them to it. did the republicans use that opportunity to help draft a bipartisan bill? no. they have decided that it's better to play politics as obstructionists while pretending at being the victims of 'dems run amok'.