Posted on 08/07/2011 8:37:20 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Dean: What is tea party smoking?
Former Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean says the tea party was "totally unreasonable" in the deficit-reduction debate and warns that Republicans are being held hostage.
"This is a tea party problem," Dean said Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation." "They are totally unreasonable and doctrinaire and not founded in reality. I think they've been smoking some of that tea, not just drinking it."
"This is ridiculous what's going on here," he said.
The firebrand Democrat and former Vermont governor said the Standard & Poor's downgrade of the nation's credit is "a good thing" because it underscores the need to raise revenue to address the nation's fiscal crisis.
But he said certain elements of the Republican Party make it impossible for reasonable people to do what Dean said is right -- raising taxes on the wealthy.
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Talking Points Memo - Where the commies plug into the borg bleep-of-the-day.
I know. If you read all that I posted you will see that is clear. I put emphasis on the word “party” because that is what the Dims added and began calling the TEA protesters. Unfortunately, many of the movement have used the word “party” themselves. The misunderstanding is exactly what the Democrats want.
You think the race card will work anymore after this?
Bush gave them the worst economy since the Depression ..Yeah Right...Zero is giving us a DEPRESSION in more ways than one.
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