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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 12:58 AM
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washington post sinks to new low
Edited on Sat Apr-03-10 01:01 AM by spanone
dan quayle weighs in on the tea shitters

who gives a flying turd what danny 'potatoe' boy thinks?

a total pantload

Dan Quayle: Don't let the tea party go Perot
By Dan Quayle
Sunday, April 4, 2010; B01

Like many influential causes before it, the "tea party" movement appeared on the scene uninvited by the political establishment. Democrats in the White House and in Congress recognize it for what it is -- a spontaneous and pointed response to the Obama agenda -- but some Republican leaders still aren't sure what to make of it, as tea partiers have risen on their own and stirred up trouble in GOP primaries.

Sometimes in politics it's easier to recognize foes than friends, and this may be why Democrats have been quicker to figure out the movement's potential. They know that in November's midterm elections, Republicans will gain mightily from a growing discontent with the administration, which has disappointed the independent voters who made the difference for Barack Obama in 2008.

A close look at the tea party membership will find many of those independents who went for Obama but now regret it. After sweeping into power, Democrats assumed they had redrawn the political map forever, and they took this as a mandate to remake the federal government forever. To the surprise of millions of their supporters, they plowed ahead with federal control over health care and new spending financed by a decade of trillion-dollar deficits. Along the way, they have tried to brush off the Republican congressional minority as little more than spectators to one-party rule.

But across America, millions of people decided not to be silent. Prompted only by their convictions, they united against the unjustifiable expansion of federal power. So successful is the tea party movement that there is speculation it might launch a political party. Though nearly three-quarters of tea party supporters identify themselves as Republicans, according to a recent Quinnipiac University poll, 40 percent of them are open to voting for a third-party candidate of their own.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/01/AR2010040102181_pf.html
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Elwood P Dowd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 01:04 AM
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1. Where is Potatoe Man working these days?
:puke:
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 01:07 AM
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2. caddy at a country club?
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 01:53 AM
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7. He is the chairman of Cerberus Global Investments.
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Kablooie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 01:09 AM
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3. Ooh! Ooh! Muldoon! I want to hear what he has to say! Ooh! Ooh!
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 01:12 AM
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4. Repukes suck, they try to tell people they are independents as a ploy
to make people believe they are NOT rat shit evil turds that plague humanity.
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ericinne Donating Member (251 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 01:34 AM
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5. without a doubt
They only claim to be independents because admitting your a Republican is a terrible thing, even for Republicans.
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 01:51 AM
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6. You're late! Posted this yesterday!
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