Harry Reid Continues Obsessing Over a Tea Party He Says is Irrelevant

By Doug Powers  •  April 2, 2011 04:22 PM

**Written by Doug Powers

Hardly a day goes by anymore that Harry Reid doesn’t go out of his way to try and point out how the Tea Party is nearing extinction. In the past three months, Reid has said that the country doesn’t care about the Tea Party, that the movement will be short-lived, and that the Tea Party will disappear faster than a bag of taxpayer money accidentally left in the Democrats’ cloak room.

Yesterday, Reid poked fun of the size of one particular rally:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Friday ridiculed the size of the crowd at a Tea Party rally on Capitol Hill for deep spending cuts.

No more than a couple of hundred activists showed up for the Washington demonstration, many fewer than past Tea Party rallies in the nation’s capital.

“There were tens of them here yesterday. That’s a chosen word, tens of them,” Reid said on a conference call with reporters.

Maybe the rest of them were at work, Harry. Somebody’s got to pay for you to fulfill your constitutional duty, and Arianna, Oprah, Michael Moore and labor unions won’t foot the bill for conservative astroturf. So we’re also stuck having to pay our own way.

The mockery is intended as a message to Tea Party freshmen that they’re hitching their political wagons to a dying horse, but if that were the case you’d think Reid would just shut up and let it happen. As evidenced by Charles Schumer inadvertently revealing the left’s marching orders the other day, Dems clearly don’t believe the Tea Party is over (that’s what the caucus told me to say).

I think Reid’s just in a bad mood because summer is coming, and you know what that means — the smelly tourists will be back.

**Written by Doug Powers

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  1. #1
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 4:35 pm, OK_Loyalist said:

    If you showed up at the capitol and you had a horrific case of gastroenteritis, you still wouldn’t out gas Harry the Hemorrhoid.

  2. #2
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 4:42 pm, DrJeff21 said:

    I just received my Tea Party membership kit the other day. The hell with Reid and hi ilk; I like to be underestimated by the enemy.

  3. #3
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 4:46 pm, passingruffian said:

    Don’t worry Harry. We have a much larger rally planned for November 2012.

  4. #4
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 5:25 pm, stoptheinvasion said:

    these National Socialist scumbags are scared to death of us, listed to them whine and cry.

    the truth is like RAID to these vermin.

    can’t wait for 2012, when we can, for the second time in just this century alone, end National Socialism.

  5. #5
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 5:38 pm, Green eyed Lady said:

    On April 2nd, 2011 at 4:46 pm, passingruffian said:

    Don’t worry Harry. We have a much larger rally planned for November 2012.

    Oh Yes! And, I believe Old Harry is showing signs of Alzhemer’s disease..

    Signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease

    Symptoms of
    Alzheimer’s disease Signs (examples)
    Memory loss Frequently forgetting new information
    Problems with familiar tasks Getting confused while cooking or playing a game
    Problems with language Forgetting simple words or using wrong words
    Disorientation to time and place Getting lost in a familiar neighborhood
    Poor judgment Dressing inappropriately for the weather
    Problems with abstract thought Trouble with simple math
    Misplacing things Putting an iron in the freezer
    Changes in mood and behavior Unusual bouts of anger or rapid mood swings
    Changes in personality Becoming overly confused, suspicious, afraid, or dependent
    Loss of initiative Lack of interest in usual activities
    Being bothered by Smelly tourists.

  6. #6
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 5:47 pm, SkyePuppy said:

    On April 2nd, 2011 at 4:46 pm, passingruffian said:
    Don’t worry Harry. We have a much larger rally planned for November 2012.

    Ah, yes. The Kicking Reid Out of Majority Leadership Rally. I’ll be there!

  7. #7
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 5:48 pm, tre said:

    The Tea Party is just SOOOOO irrelevant that Dingy Harry has to remind us every day that it is.

    Here’s a little Cowboy Poet wisdom for you Harry, “Never miss a good chance to shut up.”

  8. #8
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 5:50 pm, J Bo said:

    That smell is not the tourists, but his diaper. At least he is not as full now as he once was. If they are irrelevant as he claims, why does he keep bringing them up. Thanks for drawing attention Harry. The Tea Party gets no union funding or union backed ASTROTURF and the Obama water carrying media only speaks of them in a negative way. The real THUGS and radicals are the unions and they have total support by the thug in chief and his AG. What goes around comes around.

  9. #9
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 5:52 pm, JHSII said:

    I remember back when Harry “Third Reich” Reid assumed power in the Senate – we were all being told by the Republican establishment that “We could work with this guy, and he would work with us”. I remember saying loudly; “No!! He’s a National Socialist. You can’t work with him. You can’t trust him.”

    Let’s hope the Republican Party supports Conservative candidates in 2012 so that we can send Palpatine junior back home.

  10. #10
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 5:59 pm, Papa Louie said:

    Reid has said that the country doesn’t care about the Tea Party

    So why is Reid so obsessed with something the country doesn’t care about? Harry doth protest too much, methinks.

  11. #11
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 6:04 pm, Green eyed Lady said:

    Rand Paul outsmarts, embarrasses slow-witted Democrat, Harry Reid.
    Rand’s Mother must have been a true Patriot..

    http://hotair.com/archives/2011/04/01/bad-news-rand-paul-outsmarts-embarrasses-slow-witted-democrat/

  12. #12
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 6:21 pm, babiesgrandma said:

    Has anyone asked Harry the Hobbit how he, as a Mormon, feels about abortion? How come he leads the “death to American babies” party, and yet not have to answer to anyone?

  13. #13
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 6:24 pm, mojoe said:

    “There were tens of them here yesterday. That’s a chosen word, tens of them,” Reid said on a conference call with reporters.

    If you have to point out the joke then it’s not very funny, Harry.

  14. #14
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 6:28 pm, Green eyed Lady said:

    OT;
    Gallop poll shows Barry’s best ratings come on foreign policy. Really??

    Barry is in serious political trouble on his domestic agenda, even among surveys of general-population
    adults rather than registered voters, where Barry could have been expected to do better.

    http://hotair.com/archives/2011/04/02/gallup-obamas-best-ratings-come-on-foreign-policy/

    This poll shows half the country are freaking idiots. I think we’re going to have to split up into tribes.

  15. #15
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 6:30 pm, bear1909 said:

    The Tea Party will swarm in summer 2011. The Tea Party will swarm once Sarah announces her run for the gold. The Tea Party will swarm the GOP Convention. There will be nothing to compare this swarm to at the Convention, just like there will be nothing to compare the collapse of the Federal Gubmint if it doesnt get off its duff and cut spending by 50 per cent.

    Where in the Constitution does it say Congress gets to authorize spending of 47 cents of every dollar which must be borrowed to spend it?!?!?!?!?!? Give me a SCOTUS interpretation on the word “spend”.

    B-holes.

  16. #16
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 6:49 pm, Granny55 said:

    Every time Reid and others open their mouth now about the tea party I just laugh. These libs and Rinos and the MSM blew us off as just astro turf and now they are running scared. What gives? Flip floppers anyone? Can’t make up their minds? Geeeeeeezzzzz!!!!

  17. #17
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 6:56 pm, jrgdds said:

    Harry is on to us. We were just an irrelevant little AstroTurf organization last November and will continue to be so in November 2012…

    /sarc off

  18. #18
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 6:58 pm, Bigfoot said:

    As an occasional participant in Tea Party rallies, I say, “See you in 2012, Harry, if not sooner.”

  19. #19
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 7:11 pm, letget said:

    dear dingy reminds me of one of those worms in my garden, smash it and be done with it. dingy is a worm, nan is a slug! Both are useless dc paid by us and not one word out of their mouth is worth my, our time. The sad fact, millions think they are the ‘bees knees’.
    L

  20. #20
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 7:18 pm, NotTheMama said:

    I didn’t see this last rally beig pushed that much. I’m wondering if it is a low level rumbling (the tpm) that will be gaining momentum as 2012 approaches.

    Currently, most of the important legislation is being stopped by the senate. The big push will be to keep the house majority and take the majority in the senate.

  21. #21
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 7:54 pm, NavyGal said:

    Poor Harry; I don’t think it’s Alzheimer’s that’s bothering him; it’s DEM-entia. He also sounds as if he’s addicted to DEM-agoguery and, for some reason, enjoys DEM-eaning those whom he cannot understand.

  22. #22
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 8:16 pm, OK_Loyalist said:

    On April 2nd, 2011 at 7:54 pm, NavyGal said:

    Poor Harry; I don’t think it’s Alzheimer’s that’s bothering him; it’s DEM-entia. He also sounds as if he’s addicted to DEM-agoguery and, for some reason, enjoys DEM-eaning those whom he cannot understand.

    I like that!

  23. #23
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 8:22 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Reid is sensing that we will eventually get to the mother ship Democrats. He has no faith in the Assistant Democrats either. One way or the other, we’re coming. Even if we have to blow up the GOP along the way.

  24. #24
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 8:32 pm, txvet2 said:

    I think Reid is misunderestimating the opposition – after all, he beat the Tea Party candidate in Nevada. I think he’s forgotten how much he had to cheat to win.

  25. #25
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 8:37 pm, ChapBix said:

    #5
    New entry (“Being bothered by Smelly tourists”) in the signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s? Interesting. But that would describe Sir Harry very nicely. I have also noticed that he seems to be having problems with simple math.

    Time for Extremist Democrat big spenders to exit D.C.

  26. #26
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 8:42 pm, frontierguy said:

    Reid had only a slim margin to work with when he stole the election last November. Next time the gaming union may not be able to make it happen, or there may be enough people in the government that are not corrupt who will call for an investigation into the strange happenings that occurred before the “5 point” surge that Reid all of a sudden gained despite exit polls showing his opponent with a 4 point lead. Keep running your mouth Harry, the tea party just may take you out to pasture, earlier than you expect too.

  27. #27
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 8:42 pm, Whirled Peas said:

    This poll shows half the country are freaking idiots. I think we’re going to have to split up into tribes.

    I’ve seen the ‘unity’ usurper already splitting us up into tribes. The white tribe, black tribe, brown tribe, and yellow tribe. Isn’t that tribal enough for the MESS-iah (seeing as how we are playing with words)

    Is it time yet to indict Bernanke for lying under oath about not monetizing the debt? If not now, WHEN?

    Who IS Barry Soetoro?

  28. #28
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 8:51 pm, plymouthacclaim said:

    When you take flak, you are over the target. If the Tea Party were really dead, Harry wouldn’t be talking so much about it.

  29. #29
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 8:59 pm, bear1909 said:

    In 30 years my hope is that we will be able to tell our younger generations how we kicked the panties off of a Manchurian poser and his puppet masters who tried to take over the country through the manipulation of pension funds, the currency, and the federal treasury. We will tell them how the Country went broke but the American people went to work and rolled up our sleeves and took the Nation out of the whole, dumped China permanently, and cut our ties with Europe’s failed governments once and for all.

    It will happen. Let’s dream it forward and make it happen together. Then teach the children how to do it for themselves— every generation must refresh the tree of Liberty.

  30. #30
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 9:04 pm, peteee said:

    DrJeff21 said:
    I just received my Tea Party membership kit the other day. The hell with Reid and hi ilk; I like to be underestimated by the enemy.

    i didn’t think there was a membership kit, i thought all you had to do was show up, with gadsden flag in hand.

  31. #31
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 9:06 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Reid sees dead people.

  32. #32
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 9:10 pm, SignPainterGuy said:

    bear1909,

    That`s a great thought ! I just hope we can have that conversation in much less than 30 years…..I`ll be 88 !

  33. #33
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 9:12 pm, RedDog said:

    Reid is a shriveled yet dangerous little pervert. We have to endure him how many more years?

    Granting the vote to idiots, grifters, non-citizens and scofflaws is the most deadly attack our democracy can endure.>

  34. #34
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 9:23 pm, RedDog said:

    On April 2nd, 2011 at 6:49 pm, Granny55 said:
    These libs and Rinos and the MSM blew us off as just astro turf and now they are running scared.

    The Dems are the party of astroturf. As everyone has said, the fact that they babble incessantly about the irrelevance of the Tea Party belies their abject fear. An electoral a** kicking is coming in 2012 and the Dems will be on the receiving end of it.

  35. #35
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 9:53 pm, old goat said:

    Babiesgrandma — while I despise Harry’s politics and really hate to defend him, on the abortion issue I believe he states he is “pro life” and has not gone for any pro abortion bills. (I have not done a lot of research here) As such he is not up for excommunication for that issue from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons). I also think one of the reasons Angle lost a lot of votes to Harry was because of a VERY anti-Mormon remark she made–not smart in an area loaded with Mormons. Sad for the rest of us too…..

  36. #36
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 10:22 pm, babiesgrandma said:

    My point, old goat, is exactly what you are saying: the “party” lets him say that he is pro life but cuts down any other R or I candidate who is pro life.

    No one in the LameStreamMedia will push on that, of course.

    I don’t think Angle should make enemies of the Mormons, either, when the state you are in is almost as populated with them as Utah is.

  37. #37
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 11:01 pm, Flyoverman said:

    The Left always will tell you who they really fear.

  38. #38
    On April 2nd, 2011 at 11:38 pm, old goat said:

    babiesgrandma — couldn’t agree with you more on those points. (-:

  39. #39
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 12:03 am, AmericaFirst said:

    If John Boehner is not overthrown as the House majority leader this year, I will not be voting in 2012. That guy is a cross dressing Democrat in Republican clothing who is hell bent on the co-destruction of this country. I’m throwing every spare dollar to Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign. She has the testicular fortitude to SPEAK UP, INFORM and ACT like someone who will de-fund ObamaCare. The media loves to ridicule her, but she has my focused attention. Boehner refuses to acknowledge the Tea Party and acknowledge our deficits and debts. He needs to be thrown under the bus.

  40. #40
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 12:07 am, shimauma2 said:

    Maybe the rest of them were at work, Harry

    yeah the libturds don’t get that “work for a living” concept. We tea-partiers are generally very busy during the week, actually having to use PTO to go to rallies and only go on the weekends to voice our opinions. We don’t have the luxury of living off the guv’ment like politicians and the lefturds do…

  41. #41
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 12:46 am, thefoundingfathers said:

    Dear Harry Reid,

    I am a supporter of the Tea Party and the conervative movement. Unfortunately, I support my wife (who stays home to raise our children) and children without any public assistance. As a matter of fact I am one of the 53% of US citizens that PAY taxes. You continue to insult me and those like me who PAY your salary and those of your collegues and staff. Mind you, I would have loved to have been with the other “Tens” who showed up on 3/31 in the District of Corruption. But I have been to Tea Parties Rallys in DC and will be there again when I am able. I am not a public employee with union protection that I can walk away from my job at the drop of a hat without the possibility of losing my job and the benefits that go with it.

    For every one of the “Tens” who were there, I would bet everything I own that there were at least 100,000 of us for every one of us that were there who would have loved to have been present. yet we get up everyday and go to work to feed, clothe, and house our families with very little help from you. Actually Mr. Reid, you and your collegues make it more and more difficult for we taxpayers to pay taxes and keep up with our responsiblilities.

    JUST YOU REMEMBER, WE WILL REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER!

    WHO IS JOHN GALT?
    WHO IS BARRY SOETERO?

  42. #42
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 1:15 am, Greg said:

    Old Goat,

    Obamacare was not a pro-abortion bill?

    And this:

    The infamous Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid recently declared to the American people that he would rather shut down the U.S. government than allow ANY cuts in funding to Planned Parenthood — the number one abortion provider in the world.

    I don’t think that Harry is any more ProLife than Margaret Sanger.

  43. #43
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 2:23 am, Straight_Talk_Luigi said:

    The only thing becoming irrelevant is Western secularism, and as long as Harry leaves his mark on history so that he can feel good and fuzzy inside (the ultimate goal of every leftist who hates God or puts Him in the “nothing-to-see-here” closet) and he gets his pension, that’s fine by him.

    One way or another, another more conservative philosophy will replace post-modern liberalism.

    Isn’t that right, “Ilovemycountry“?

  44. #44
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 8:01 am, prendad said:

    Hmmmmm, sounds like the Tea Party is “on target” to me. Keep whining Harry, we’re using the signal to home in.

  45. #45
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 8:36 am, bear1909 said:

    I joined Act for America today. Wanting to do something about the sharia creep that these RINOCrats in Washington are rubber stamping right in front of our eyes. That AIG bailout financed HAMAS to the tune of 40 billion dollars. And there are a host of other GE related deals that are financing Sharia based mortgages in Central Valley towns in California liek Modesto for Pakistani Muslims…. federal policies are creating depressions in California and the Gulf Coast…and the land and real estate are being sold to sharia financed corporations who then sell to muslim in large numbers. Act for America… local chapters…going to inform my tea party cronies too…. we have to fight this crap. and fight it now.

  46. #46
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 9:08 am, Darthnoob said:

    How does El Rushbo say it?

    We all live rent-free in his head.

  47. #47
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 9:09 am, Flyoverman said:

    On April 3rd, 2011 at 12:03 am, AmericaFirst said:

    If John Boehner is not overthrown as the House majority leader this year, I will not be voting in 2012. That guy is a cross dressing Democrat in Republican clothing who is hell bent on the co-destruction of this country.

    I disagree wth the description of Boehner just because we are not happy and his actions are driving us insane. Boehner is a Republican, I think conservative, and most certainly a patriot. He’s not “hell bent” on destroying America.

    People are not in two groups; patriots and traitors. Too simplistic.

    To use a Civil War example, Boehner is General James Meade and Michelle Bachmann U.S. Grant. Meade was an excellent general when fighting a defensive battle like Gettysburg. Offensively he was timid and refused to takes risks with the tools available. So while Meade did his defensive duty and was a patriot, he was relieved by Grant; an offensive fighter, who knew how to close with and defeat his opponent.

    Boehner is a good man, but too timid. So is Cantor and 90% of the GOP leadership. Thank them for their service…….then relieve them with fighters.

    Keep voting, keep pushing.

  48. #48
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 9:34 am, ShoreDor said:

    There is a rally planned for this Wednesday, April 6th organized by Americans for Prosperity. Bus tickets are only $10, with buses leaving from NY, NJ, Maryland, PA, VA an North Carolina. I’ll be going with 2 friends. Anyone else planning on being there?

    Fired Up! Ready to Go!

    http://www.americansforprosperity.org/

  49. #49
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 9:41 am, WaterBoyz said:

    There are days I wish the Tea Party and the GOP got at least 10% of the media attention that Reid gets by him self let alone the other Ds.

    I some what agree that the way Boehner handles/controls the pulpit sucks. This makes him look weak and waffling. He may have a 100% R heart but he only has one cajone when in front of a microphone.

  50. #50
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 9:56 am, Flyoverman said:

    What I have never understood is why no one in the GOP does not use a simple bar graph to show the 2008 budget, the 2009 spending increases by Obama and how much of it is deficit spending. Then show the width of hair depection of what the Democrats are only willing to cut.

    People hear someone spewing out numbers and their brains shut down. Show them a picture and they get it.

  51. #51
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 11:06 am, sbw999 said:

    It is besides the point as to what power the TP still yields (which I personally believe is formidable). The point is that we have a US Senator denigrating and marginalizing a group of American citizens who have the “audacity” to peacefully protest government policy, and not one SOB in our corrupt North Korean style MSM says one dam*n thing about it. Ditto with our Marxist president calling certain citizens in this country “enemies”.

    Reid, Obama and others in Washington like them are literally TRAITORS to the US Constitution, TRAITORS to the principles the US were founded upon, politician cancers, all of them as un-American as it gets. We need regime change.The fact that they get up on the podium and spew this insane garbage, knowing that there is no true mainstream media watch dog to call them out on their treasonous speech, makes smoke come out of my ears. 2012 cannot arrive fast enough.

  52. #52
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 11:10 am, sbw999 said:

    On April 3rd, 2011 at 9:56 am, Flyoverman said:

    What I have never understood is why no one in the GOP

    Reagan was very effective with that type of approach. Let’s hope that our presidential candidate, whoever that turns out to be, does something like this. The debacle that is Obamacare can also be cut down EASILY the same way, contrasting the lies that Maobama told trying to get this economy killing legislation passed, versus the reality, taken right from the provisions of the law itself.

  53. #53
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 11:16 am, 1ConcernedMom said:

    #42 Straight_Talk_Luigi said:
    Isn’t that right, “Ilovemycountry“?

    Has “Ilovemycountry” ever revealed just what country he/she is from? His/her comments sure make me wonder.

  54. #54
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 11:22 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    As I watch Paul Ryan being interviewed by Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday, I can already see the establishment GOP line being argued by Wallace: “cutting the budget is not “doable” so why introduce a bill that is DOA?”

    It’s a corollary argument to “electability” when always picking Democrats to win the GOP nomination. Why can’t someone just argue that if the only thing that is “doable” is failure, then why are we wasting everyone’s time lying to the public? Put a real solution on the table and fight for it. Yes, it will take a campaign of blunt “grown up talk” with the voters but doing the right thing should not be shelved only because it isn’t the easy thing to do.

    It would be so much easier if we could get our team in charge of the GOP. Otherwise, let’s dump the GOP and try something else that isn’t “doable”. Like electing an unelectable 3rd 2nd party who is truthful about doing the “undoable”.

    We will never succeed if we keep planning to fail. Right now, we start with failure and then “compromise” to an even worse version of failure. Like “cutting” spending to end up at a much higher spending level (thank you John Boehner).

  55. #55
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 11:25 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    And now Wallace is hammering away at Rubio to accept the “doable” (compromise CR with the Dems) and move on.

    Clearly, Wallace is not made of the same DNA that won the American Revolution or WWII.

  56. #56
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 11:32 am, sbw999 said:

    On April 3rd, 2011 at 11:22 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    As I watch Paul Ryan being interviewed by Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday, I can already see the establishment GOP line being argued by Wallace: “cutting the budget is not “doable” so why introduce a bill that is DOA?”

    To the entrenched old guard republicans, what the Tea Party newbies want is not reasonable. But these republican dinosaurs wont admit the simple fact, that we have gone so far over the side of fiscal sanity, and 2 decades of kicking the can down the road, that desperate measures are called for. I have heard so many times over the years that unless we deal with the fiscal problems in this Country, then one day we will be forced to, or go bankrupt, and the pain of the fix will be that much more acute. Well that time is now, with one difference. We have a political party that wants us bankrupt, so a socialist government can rise. The TP newbies, and the people that put them into power know this. So I agree, no compromise, because compromise simply is not enough. What is going on now is an existential threat to America as we have know it, and calls for solutions commensurate with the threat.

  57. #57
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 11:48 am, granite said:

    On April 3rd, 2011 at 11:32 am, sbw999 said:

    …compromise simply is not enough. What is going on now is an existential threat to America as we have know it, and calls for solutions commensurate with the threat.

    Agreed.

    “Negotiation” or “compromise” with the America-destroying socialists is nothing more than “negotiating” whether they will kill you quickly now by a certain method; or whether they will kill you slowly, bit by bit, by (an)other method(s).

    It’s that simple…
    …and that existential.

  58. #58
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 11:49 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    On April 3rd, 2011 at 11:32 am, sbw999 said:

    It’s all about getting “Jebbie” elected in 2016. Our job is to make sure we either take over the GOP in 2011 or wreck it in 2012 when they cram another LOTE Democrat down our throats arguing that we can’t afford another 4 years of Obama.

    It has to end. I would rather accept an Obama who barely ekes out victory with 38% of the vote because a Tea Party candidate came in second. At least we in a position to neutralize the damage for four years and not have to face a President Jebbie. It would be a new game and with their GOP enablers gone, even the Democratic Party would have to shift to the right to remain competitive. Wrecking the GOP works.

  59. #59
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 11:52 am, Virginia Patriot said:

    The GOP only knows how to be Assistant Democrats assisting them to get more spending. Reducing the rate of growth of government is no solution. We need to realize that and work towards a solution that negates both heads of the two-headed monster of Fedzilla, R and D.

    LET’S RAISE CAIN!

  60. #60
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 11:55 am, sbw999 said:

    On April 3rd, 2011 at 11:49 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    On April 3rd, 2011 at 11:32 am, sbw999 said:

    It’s all about getting “Jebbie” elected in 2016. Our job is to make sure we either take over the GOP in 2011 or wreck it in 2012 when they cram another LOTE Democrat down our throats arguing that we can’t afford another 4 years of Obama.

    Agreed. Paul, Christie, Bachman, even Trump are better than anybody from the entrenched repub club.

  61. #61
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 12:03 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    The approved list for 2012 is Daniels, Barbour, Pawlenty, Huntsman or Romney.

    Christie isn’t on it because he said he’s not running, but he would be if he was because he’s amnesty friendly.

  62. #62
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 12:15 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Christie is a liberal on every single issue. He is getting lots of support from some conservatives because he stood up to the teachers unions and he deserves great credit for his skill in doing so. But he had no choice. States don’t print money.

    I consider 2012 a lost cause. Obama will be very hard to beat and the odds are all in his favor. The GOP has already abandoned their efforts and will concentrate on running a place holder to prevent a conservative breakthrough and get ready for 2016.

    After all, it’s not like Obama is a big departure from what Bush was already doing. All that has changed is the speed of change and the narrative for getting us to a one-world-without-borders corporatist-fascist government.

    “Neither” party cares about the constitution because the freedoms it protects are ours and they stand in the way of expediency. There are still people today who bemoan abandoning that expedient institution of slavery.

    The American experiment was a test that pitted virtue against the demons of human nature. Our freedom is predicated on virtue prevailing. That clearly is not happening and so we see government expanding out of control. We are losing and if we don’t re-ignite the fires soon, the American experiment is about to fail.

    It is easy to lose freedom but once lost, getting it back will be bloody.

  63. #63
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 12:22 pm, BK said:

    The American experiment was a test that pitted virtue against the demons of human nature. Our freedom is predicated on virtue prevailing.

    I’m going to miss this country.

  64. #64
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 12:40 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    I disagree Phil, Owebowmao would be easy to beat if we weren’t also fighting the GOP. That’s what makes it difficult. Both parties are against the citizens and the Constitution.

  65. #65
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 12:41 pm, Hiraghm said:

    Agreed. Paul, Christie, Bachman, even Trump are better than anybody from the entrenched repub club.

    Right now I’m torn between Bachmann and Trump. I was concerned about Trump’s foreign policy, until I saw him turn O’Really apoplectic. I dunno if Trump can handle it or not, but at least, according to his rhetoric, he’s on America’s side. That would be a change.

    And, Bachmann has been consistently on the right side of issues, as well. Busting Obamacare, cutting spending, not wasting money on Libya.

  66. #66
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 12:46 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    The fact that none of the current office holders know what natural born citizen means, or at least pretend not to, indicates just how corrupt both parties are.

    The Constitution became a relic on Usurpation Day.

  67. #67
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 12:51 pm, Hiraghm said:

    LOL – while reading these comments, I came across This Dual Ad for the Tea Party and the Movie “Atlas Shrugged” on Youtube.

    (You are all going to go see it April 15th, aren’t y’all?)

  68. #68
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 1:03 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    On April 3rd, 2011 at 12:41 pm, Hiraghm said:

    I see Trump as a serious spoiler but an opportunity for conservatives. He is not going to get the GOP nomination. But he is the only one exploiting important AMERICAN issues that the globalists won’t touch. He is a threat because he could run independent and has already said he is willing to spend $400M to do so.

    Were the Republicans to offer a lame Assistant Democrat again as a place holder, Trump could come in second and that would accomplish one of my goals for 2012: wrecking the GOP. That is not as good as taking over the GOP but we will get blamed for losing next year in an election the GOP has already written off. To the GOP, they expect that this will end the Tea Party and conservative threat and “Jebbie” will have the coast clear for 2016.

    If the GOP wants to neutralize Trump, they need to get serious and credible about the issues he is riding. That is good for conservatives, scary haircut and all.

    There are only two acceptable outcomes for conservatives in 2012: take over the GOP or wreck it.

  69. #69
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 1:23 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    After watching the GOP very closely since the amnesty cramdown attempt in 2006, I have become convinced they are every bit the enemy of the citizens as the Democrat/Communist Party. Some of the same anti-Constitutional goals are driving them.

    Amnesty tops the list.

    Harry Reid was re-elected with the foreign vote.
    How many other races were decided by non-citizens?

  70. #70
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 1:27 pm, Green eyed Lady said:

    On April 3rd, 2011 at 12:46 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    The fact that none of the current office holders know what natural born citizen means, or at least pretend not to, indicates just how corrupt both parties are.

    That’s right, Virginia.

    People need to stop pushing Rubio (and Jindal for that matter). He is not a natural born citizen and this error of Barry precident doesn’t make it right for anyone. I know Rubio would do a great job, but if we are not going to uphold the entire constitution then we might as well torch the thing.
    NO MORE INELIGIBLE POTUS’ EVER!!!!!

  71. #71
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 1:27 pm, OK_Loyalist said:

    On April 3rd, 2011 at 1:23 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    After watching the GOP very closely since the amnesty cramdown attempt in 2006, I have become convinced they are every bit the enemy of the citizens as the Democrat/Communist Party. Some of the same anti-Constitutional goals are driving them.

    Amnesty tops the list.

    Harry Reid was re-elected with the foreign vote.
    How many other races were decided by non-citizens?

    Or how many offices were taken by non-citizens? ;)

  72. #72
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 1:27 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Last comment and then I’m outta here.

    On June 15, a movie called “Courage, New Hampshire: The Winter of 1740″ will be released on Amazon. It’s a fictional story of a trial set in colonial New Hampshire. It demonstrates the kind of justice that colonials could expect when seeking justice against the British and explores the nature of Christian virtues found in colonial society at that time. (Tea Party virtues). These are the kind of people who fought the American Revolution. It is a low-budget movie with a cast you will recognize.

    I bring it up because, although it is not an official Tea Party production, it was written, produced and directed by Tea Party people. Lots of us appear as extras. (You’ll have to squint your eyes and tilt your head a certain way to recognize me though. And don’t blink.)

    Look for it. It’s a great story and besides, how many times will you get a chance to see a movie that was put out without a single liberal involved?

  73. #73
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 1:35 pm, Green eyed Lady said:

    Harry, these men have a message for you.

    “Plant your feet in the right place and then stand firm.” Col. Allen West
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1dS9NDnnHI?rel=0&w=640&h=390

    “We will not shut up, will will not go away, we will fight on.”
    Bishop EW Jackson..
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOURiyy_6XA?rel=0&w=640&h=390

    Praying for our nation and the events in Wisconsin this week. Thank God for strong leaders who value freedom.

  74. #74
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 1:39 pm, OK_Loyalist said:

    Schumer Stands by Description of Tea Party as ‘Extreme’ After Hot Mic Moment

    “The American people are seeing the Tea Party for what it is — extreme,” Schumer said.

    Chuck U – We are seeing you for what you are. A parasitical socialistic piece of larks vomit.

  75. #75
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 1:39 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    OK_Loyalist,
    The thing about The Usurper is no one can know with any certainty what his status is without the relevant original documents. I personally believe the JPEG COLB posted is a forgery. Even if real, it is an abstract, and with HI’s history of registering foreign births, the source document is needed to determine if this was a birth at a hospital in HI or a registered birth elsewhere. Born in HI, US citizen, but not natural born because his father was a foreign national. Born elsewhere, not even a citizen, unless naturalized when he returned from Indonesia, as an Indonesian citizen.
    I think what he’s really hiding is that he used his Indonesian citizenship to advantage in college (admissions, aid, etc)and that’s what would be damaging in the eyes of the public.

  76. #76
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 1:40 pm, Flyoverman said:

    I like Christie’s performance in NJ and his candor, in NJ a very liberal state. I fear nationally he would be a Scott Brown.

    Not sure. Christie fans please feel free to respond to the contrary. I am interested in your opinions.

  77. #77
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 1:50 pm, rightisright said:

    On April 2nd, 2011 at 7:54 pm, NavyGal said:

    I like it a lot, ty.

  78. #78
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 2:03 pm, knucklehead said:

    I am looking forward to another “shellacking” come Nov 2012. Since Harry says the Tea Party is small and dying, you can assume that they are big and growing. Knuckleheads rules to live by #367: If Harry says it, you can assume its wrong.

  79. #79
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 2:08 pm, rightisright said:

    The Left always will tell you who they really fear.

    true, such as Sarah Plain & Michele Bachmann…why would a dem get so upset about two women that have become successful women outside the home while raising families. One with a special needs child and one that has helped in raising 23 children in need of homes. These two women scare the hell out of liberals, and I personally love it.

  80. #80
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 2:19 pm, ChapBix said:

    On April 2nd, 2011 at 10:22 pm, babiesgrandma said:

    I don’t think Angle should make enemies of the Mormons, either, when the state you are in is almost as populated with them as Utah is.

    I do not what the Mormon population is in Nevada but that is where Sir Harry resides and the state he represents in the Senate.

  81. #81
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 2:38 pm, Green eyed Lady said:

    On April 3rd, 2011 at 1:40 pm, Flyoverman said:

    I like Christie’s performance in NJ and his candor, in NJ a very liberal state. I fear nationally he would be a Scott Brown.

    Not sure. Christie fans please feel free to respond to the contrary. I am interested in your opinions.

    Christie is a RINO.

    * Christie’s budget passed only after three conservative Republicans were bullied into voting for it and the savings achieved in the budget were done at the expense of new taxes, new fees, federal Stimulus funds and accounting gimmicks; the 2% property tax cap will actually cause taxes to skyrocket; he has yet to propose the “across the board” tax cuts he promised as a candidate; the budget actually INCREASES state expenditures by 6% and the number of staff in the Governor’s office making $100,000 per year increases by ten.

    * His confrontation with the unions is pure Kabuki theater with nothing accomplished but acrimony; he has yet to lay off a single state employee and his proposed 2011 state worker reduction plan is little more than window dressing;

    * He has populated his cabinet with notorious liberals while firing the only true conservative – after slandering him;

    * He has endorsed notorious RINO candidates in the 2010 mid-term election while avoiding (with one notable exception) contact with conservative candidates;

    * He supports a multi-state Cap & Trade scheme known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and is so committed to Cap & Trade that he used funds raised from RGGI’s carbon auctions to help balance the budget; he has directed that state funds be appropriated to subsidize “green” technology ventures such as off-shore windmills;

    * He has refused to join other state attorneys-general in a joint lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare while accepting federal funds for the implementation of a similar program on a statewide level;

    * He is on record saying that he does not believe illegal aliens are here illegally; he has indicated that he supports amnesty for illegals; he generally favors strict gun control and he supports construction of the Ground Zero Mosque even as he condemns those who oppose it.

    This should change your mind.

  82. #82
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 2:42 pm, ChapBix said:

    On April 3rd, 2011 at 8:01 am, prendad said:

    Hmmmmm, sounds like the Tea Party is “on target” to me. Keep whining Harry, we’re using the signal to home in.

    Would that homing device be on-board an electoral Tomahawk missile by any chance?

  83. #83
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 2:54 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On April 3rd, 2011 at 2:38 pm, Green eyed Lady said:

    Ladies with green eyes…..sigh. Thank for all of the inforamtion. The input is much appreciated.

    If I had to pick a nominee for President at this point, it would be Bachmann. West is certainly in the hunt. The best known male candidates for the most part are with wimps or RINOS.

    But it is early..

  84. #84
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 3:15 pm, TigerLady said:

    Green eyed Lady, interesting information on Christy. I’ve wondered how ligit he is.
    I’m already worried about 2012 because the GOP keeps trotting out the same, tired candidates. I hope the media doesn’t destroy Bachmann. I like her, she’s intelligent and she’s tough but I don’t know if she can win.
    Flyoeverman, I agree about the male candidates being wimps and RINOs. It’s going to be interesting in the next few months to see who will get nominated.

  85. #85
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 3:32 pm, Flyoverman said:

    I hope the media doesn’t destroy Bachmann.

    TigerLady, I would think they will make every effort to do so. Hopefully, after observing the attacks on Palin, she will mount a more effective defense.

  86. #86
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 4:06 pm, Green eyed Lady said:

    On April 3rd, 2011 at 12:40 pm, Virginia Patriot said:
    Both parties are against the citizens and the Constitution.

    Keep VP’s words in mind, TigerLady and Flyoverman

    I hope the media doesn’t destroy Bachmann.

    The so-called media is going to try to destroy ANYONE who has the AUDACITY to run against Barry.
    It’s what they do. Buckle up everyone!

  87. #87
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 5:59 pm, sbw999 said:

    On April 3rd, 2011 at 12:41 pm, Hiraghm said:

    Agreed. Paul, Christie, Bachman, even Trump are better than anybody from the entrenched repub club.

    Right now I’m torn between Bachmann and Trump. I was concerned about Trump’s foreign policy, until I saw him turn O’Really apoplectic. I dunno if Trump can handle it or not, but at least, according to his rhetoric, he’s on America’s side. That would be a change.

    And, Bachmann has been consistently on the right side of issues, as well. Busting Obamacare, cutting spending, not wasting money on Libya.

    What I liked about trump in that interview is that the man didnt hedge for a second. OReilly asked him a question, and out came the answer without hesitation, direct as hell. He doesnt have “politician” in him, and that’s a complete positive. We need somebody who is on the side of America, not the rest of the freaking world. Id vote for him in a heartbeat.

  88. #88
    On April 3rd, 2011 at 10:40 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    When Trump first started making noises about running, I thought he was just feeding his enormous ego, but his answers have been refreshingly pro-American.

    I hope he keeps at it, I might even vote for him if he gets the nod, couldn’t be worse than The Usurper.

  89. #89
    On April 4th, 2011 at 8:35 am, Jimmie said:

    What he is most afraid of is that there is a growing demand for open honest elections

  90. #90
    On April 4th, 2011 at 9:18 am, orlandocajun said:

    A sure sign that you are “relevant” is when they can’t stop talking about you. The Tea Party is nothing more than Americans with IQs over 100. Reid, and his fellow Socialists, are playing to the low-end of society in the hopes that they can continue to fund their mooching lifestyle with our grand kids’ money.

    They must, and will, be stopped sooner or later. “The problem with Socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money”.

  91. #91
    On April 4th, 2011 at 2:45 pm, T-Bone said:

    Harry is feeling very cocky since he kicked the Tea Party to the curb during the last election.

    Maintaining his leadership post was probably very fulfilling to him and was a huge blow to the movement as we now see it all unfolding in Congress.

    Obama is still very well liked and could win a re-election?? What does that say about the state and direction of our country?

    Was the Tea Party a fad that will die away? They don’t seem to be getting the desired effect. They have been succesfully painted by the MSM and Dem leaders(redundant) as racist white people that want children and minorities to die. Many moderate Dems are scared away from participating because they don’t want to be labeled racist. Unions are in their face threatening them.

    The Tea Party must show people they are mainstream and have a large following. Ones of thousands just won’t get it done.

    I hope they succeed but Harry is using the low turnout to marginalize the Tea Party even further. It appears to be working so they are going full throttle.

    Will the Tea Party show up on April 15th to dispute his characterization or will they fold in the face of unrelenting pressure from all sides.

  92. #92
    On April 4th, 2011 at 9:35 pm, Stop the Insanity said:

    I can’t believe Dems have the unmitigated gall to run up trillion dollar deficits then call Tea Partiers extremists for clawing back miniscule spending cuts. The Doublespeak is shameless and despicable. Why don’t more people see through these criminals?

  93. #93
    On April 5th, 2011 at 12:59 pm, BK said:

    Where is the tea party? I don’t see any Washington DC rallies scheduled….

  94. #94
    On April 5th, 2011 at 1:07 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    I’ve started reading more about this country’s founders…I mean more about their lives. These patriots were fearless in many ways, not sure about their country’s future, their own future, and the future of their children. They were the epitome of risk takers…many lost their homes, their land, and even their children. Politicians today are small-minded cowards, unwilling and unable to risk anything, especially their privileged life as congressional reps. They have no guts, not vision, no common sense, and thus, no ability to act as a representative of anyone. They are spineless leeches on the US body.
    Do you remember how the Dems were absolutely shocked by the Tea Party rally’s. They had two responses: 1) Who do these people think they are? 2)How did this happen when we just elected the most wonderful guy ever? They were totally clueless and, worse, hated hearing from the “common man”.
    It is CRITICAL that people go to Tea Party Rallys and voice their concerns. What Reid and his ilk really want is our silence. NO! We cannot remain silent. We must, if we are truly patriots, show some kind of resolve and courage as did Americans during the American Revolution – or we will surely lose the Republic.

  95. #95
    On April 5th, 2011 at 8:20 pm, Vaquera Guera said:

    Why is Reid stressing out over the tea party movement, it is because he knows we are right and we are going to win the battle. We can no longer be held slaves to this government supporting the parasites of this country and the parasites that are running this country. The working guy today is a slave,working for nothing after the government shakes you down for every stinking penny they can steal from you.

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