The Tea Party didn't spend the country into bankruptcy. Indeed, they've tried to STOP this nonsense.
The Tea Party didn't rob the Social Security accounts, taking the money and spending it on pet-projects, and now leaving the aged without their promised safety-net.
If you think the Tea Party is responsible for the downgrading, then you should shoot yourself in the head.
If it is true that financial markets are not concerned about the size of the debt, but about the way some in government are willing to handle the debt - then yea, the tea party bears some responsibility.
If it is true that financial markets are not concerned about the size of the debt, but about the way some in government are willing to handle the debt - then yea, the tea party bears some responsibility.
False logic.
The markets are now becoming concerned about the size of debt (the propaganda is finally proving to be false). The government has NOT been willing to handle the debt, and the Tea Party has tried to force the government to address these problems.
If the Tea Party "bears some responsibility," it is for the fact that they failed to rein-in the spendthrifts in DC...