Kaine: Tea parties 'savaging the GOP'

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Kaine: Tea parties 'savaging the GOP' By: Andy Barr December 3, 2009 03:58 PM EST

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine said Thursday that the tea party movement is “savaging” the Republican Party and is already proving “corrosive” in key GOP primaries.

Speaking at the 11th annual American Democracy Conference hosted by the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics and POLITICO, Kaine argued that while the “headwind” may be against Democrats heading into 2010, divisions within the GOP will prove deadly to the Republican brand.

“The tea party movement is savaging the GOP,” he said. “It is something that we expect to see going forward.”

[Sub-Driver]

He must have found Howard Dean's med stash in his drawer....

[AnglePark]

Yeah, I guess it proved corrosive in Virginia and New Jersey... NOT!

[mainepatsfan]

Yeah as he saw first hand it sure hurt the GOP in Virginia. /s

[pissant]

That’s a nice wetdream. Keep it up

[silverleaf]

Tim Kaine’s greatest legacy is Bob McDonnell.
Party On, “tea lovers”!

[Izzy Dunne]

Yeah, I trust Kaine to have the best interests of the GOP at heart....

[willgolfforfood]

The GOP spent 10 years being Dem-lite. The payback for that is just starting.

[Tarpon]

I wonder what effect our dear reader is having on the Democrat party?

[MrB]

Won’t be no problem, Kaine, with the “GOP”.

We’ll just clean out the rino dung for you.

[frogjerk]

Then we will keep them going, you wont mind will you Tim?

[I Buried My Guns]

Well, maybe the GOP needs a little savaging, so that they return to the value system they supposedly represent.

Until then, they are merely political hacks slightly to the right of the liberals, and I will not waste my vote on them.

[Senator John Blutarski]

..... This is called whistling past the political graveyard.

[getitright]

Yeah, the tea parties are hurting us. And in your altruism, you’d like to share your wisdom with us for our own good.

That is about as plausible as finding good science in Nature.

[smokingfrog]

Get used to it. My RINO hunting license is good through 2012.

[cripplecreek]

The GOP obviously doesn’t like this bottom up control. Obviously we ignern’t citizens should obey our betters.

[Ben Mugged]

This is the language of fear. They are turning from distain to fear.

[Nonstatist]

Demcrat brand name is dropping like a stone.. I gues the best defense is an insane offense. You go, Kaine. Protect your reputation!

[Tucker39]

How touching of Mr. Kaine to fret and worry over the well-being of the Republican Party.

IMHO the Republican Party NEEDS some SERIOUS shaking up, and needs to be put under NEW MANAGEMENT.....Pres. Palin has a nice ring to it.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

...prove deadly to the Republican brand.

When the brand no longer reflects quality, then you find a brand that hasn't adulterated the contents of the product.

If the (R) brand stops being the political equivalent of (made in china), then they will have my attention and possibly earn back my vote.

Until then my money goes for (c)onservative products only.

[MHGinTN]

And when they don’t get the message that we the conservative people will no longer tolerate their rinoisms, they need to be filled with fear! ... Enough to get the hell out fo the way since they obviously cannot lead. We are on the berge of destruction of the Republic because of simpering pukes that play at conservatism but really play butt boys for the demcorats and their fascist agenda.