Posted on 08/07/2011 5:58:18 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Former Democratic National Committee 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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It’s nearly done. In the organized-crime tactic of a bust-out, a business is taken over and its credit is used to buy stuff for the mob until the credit runs out. Then the mob bugs out with all the stuff, and leaves the business with huge debts and no credit. We will see the current mob at the WH bug out soon, too, now the biggest bust-out in world history is almost finished.
I would say, what are the Democrats smoking? The Dems have been spending money like drunken sailors for some time. Why should Republicans constantly cave in to what the Democrats want? The Democrats sure don’t want to cooperate with Republicans. To blame this mess on the Tea Party is just usual Democratic bull!
Liberal butts. You commies are toast!
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