Posted on 09/12/2013 9:39:13 AM PDT by don-o
Rise! The time has come! The government is no more! Or, well, at least that's sort of what Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., said on the Senate floor Thursday morning while talking about an energy bill.
"We're diverted totally from what this bill is about," he said. "Why? Because the anarchists have taken over. They've taken over the House, and now they've taken the Senate."
While there are certainly Americans who wouldn't mind seeing the current Congress descend into chaos and flames, that isn't really quite what's happening today. "The anarchists" Reid is referring to are just the remnants of the congressional tea party. And it's not the first time he's thrown around the term.
In an interview with NPR earlier this summer, Reid elaborated a bit more on his comparison.
Who is the tea party? Well, understand, when I was in school I studied government, among other things. And prior to World War One and after World War One we had the anarchists. Now, they were violent. Some say that's what started World War One, the anarchy movement. But they were violent. They did damage to property and they did physical damage to people. The modern anarchists, don't do that. That's the tea party. But they have the same philosophy as the early anarchists. They do not believe in government. Any time anything bad happens to government, that's a victory for them.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationaljournal.com ...
Reid’s definition of anarchists: anyone that doesn’t toe the line that he laid down on the floor.
As 2014 looms, Harry and the Dems are going postal
What part of T-axed E-nough A-lready does he not understand. It is the Wake Up on economic sanity party no more no less.
To him, there are communists and anarchists. He does not like anarchists.
anti-communist = “tea party”
Take pity on poor harry, he is old and grumpy because he has a hard time finding anyone to change his soiled diaper the required 6 times a day.
If Whorehouse Harry is upset, it must be good
for the American people.
“They do not believe in government.”
Do you ever have Jack Bauer fantasies about tying and gagging somebody then beating the truth into them?
No, me neither
“They damaged property and did physical damage to people. Modern anarchists don’t do that”. No, Harry. Unions and Occupiers do those things.
Matt Berman is masquerading as a journalist-historian now? My guess is his education about anarchists is from watching "J. Edgar".
Did Miss Berman interview any Tea Party people for this scribbling?
That is a very "special" definition of anarchy there Harry
And the “Progressives” in the Democrat Party have always been Communists. Let’s review that history, you weasel.
I believe in government, limited government. I like garlic but I’m not interested in making a meal of it. Government ought to be like seasoning; apparent, detectable but not the main course.
I retract my previous statement....after reading the article, I see Berman was merely quoting that drooling mouth breather Reid.
I apologize.
Reread. Berman is quoting the despicable Harry Reid. Source did not have quotation marks. I should have added them for clarity.
FUHR
No problem and you got a good shot at the doddering old fool. Well played.
Nothing more than a concrete example of a LIBERAL LOON blowing to the galleries in yet another audition for a part in the NEVER CHANGING Kabuki theater of Wash D.C.
-PJ
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