Alan Grayson: 'The Tea Party Is No More Popular Than The Klan'
Source: Huffington Post
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) said he thinks it's time for the tea party -- and those "willing to cater to it" -- to get out of Washington.
During an interview Thursday with MSNBC's Al Sharpton, Grayson said Americans are "appalled by the tea party's tactics." The congressman said the right wing "has become the largest suicide pact in history," and predicted voters will push tea partiers out of Congress in the next election.
"They want their money back and they want the tea party out of their lives," Grayson said. "At this point, the tea party is no more popular than the Klan."
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"The fact is that John Boehner has become a short-order cook for the far right wing," Grayson said. "'Would you like some french fries or cheese with that?' That's what he does. He takes whatever they want and he lays it out there as if it's the right thing to do."
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Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/17/alan-grayson-tea-party_n_4119217.html
Grayson added that Boehner "has to go. Everyone who's willing to cater to the tea party has to go, so Americans finally get the government they deserve."
SDjack
(1,448 posts)calimary
(81,318 posts)Well - only thing missing with these newbies is a few sheets...
marble falls
(57,104 posts)NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)How about that!
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Nanjing to Seoul
(2,088 posts)HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Alan Grayson
DeSwiss
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Sunlei
(22,651 posts)johnlucas
(1,250 posts)Perfect post.
Perfect picture.
Just perfect.
John Lucas
badgolfer
(244 posts)The only difference between the two groups is the tea party members don't wear the white sheets.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)hemorrhoids are no more popular than hemorrhoids.
BootinUp
(47,165 posts)The Klan is alive and still needs to be ostracized.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)is just as bad as the teabaggers. I wonder if he means Grayson.
Leith
(7,809 posts)Here are a couple songs by the Chad Mitchell Trio to highlight the similarities:
John Birch Society:
George Bush Society:
They still sound great even after 40 years.
Kennah
(14,273 posts)Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)cosmicone
(11,014 posts)blue14u
(575 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)Scattered, Smothered and Covered (when I go to the Waffle House, which isn't often - way too much grease).
blue14u
(575 posts)one of the funniest threads I have ever read!!!
Keep em commin boyz!!!!
Ha Ha
bobclark86
(1,415 posts)In my area, they are very, very popular... among the old, retired, low-income types (figure that one out, and you get a prize)
DallasNE
(7,403 posts)So it is premature to write them off just yet. In fact this is roughly the same percent as before the government shutdown started. I'm not sure the American people have woke up to just how horrible they really are yet. Also, the election in Virginia is still fairly close and the margin there may have to do with the baggage the tea party candidate carries beyond just being a member of the Tea Party. Plus it would not surprise me if a Tea Party candidate topples incumbent Republican Senators in 3 of the 4 races they expect to contend for, Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina and Mississippi.
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)There is a hidden gem in there - Booker took 49% of Somerset County to Lonegan's 50%. Sharp contrast to where folks voted in 2012 for Lance (Represents the 7th). This was on a Wednesday - and a special election. Somerset County is fair game in 2014 - and Lance hurt himself by pulling back on his initial commitment to vote for a clean c.r.
We have to turn them back seat by seat. We can't go after the TEAS - we can attack in a full court press those 21 Republicans.
thisMike
(15 posts)Grayson's staff just gets back to work and now they have to answer all the calls from irate Klan members complaining about being compared to the Teabaggers.
6000eliot
(5,643 posts)Why the mainstream media gives such a pass to their extremism and bigotry is beyond me. They don't bring on a KKK spokesperson to talk about Obamacare, why a Tea Party member?
Uncle Joe
(58,366 posts)Thanks for the thread, highplainsdem.
immoderate
(20,885 posts)Are we just achieving new low points to our society?
--imm