Harry Reid: The tea party will disappear as soon as the economy recovers
posted at 8:23 pm on January 7, 2011 by Allahpundit
He’s kidding himself, but it’s hard to fault him for being cynical given the track record of populist movements. After all, the Perotistas were a force for a few years in the early 90s, but they eventually went away. Or … did they? One of the points to ponder from yesterday’s Gallup data about independents dominating in party ID is how much continuity there might be between Perot voters and modern-day tea partiers. Not all indies are fiscally conservative, granted, but I’d bet that a heavy majority are; the “tea party” label might dry up, but the people to whom it applies will still be there. And in an age where conservative media is around to champion them and the Internet is available to make organizing easier than it’s ever been, there’s really no reason to think they’ll fade. Even if Reid’s right that the economy is driving people into the tea-party camp who might not otherwise be there, we’re looking at four to five years, at least, of poor unemployment to come. Plenty long enough for a grassroots movement to get its sea legs and develop into a sustainable lobby, I’d think.
That’s the first clip; the second clip is of Reid noting that the media thinks repealing ObamaCare is a waste of time. Really, Harry? The media?
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400lb Gorilla on January 7, 2011 at 8:26 PM
Thank you Tea Party Express.
Knucklehead on January 7, 2011 at 8:29 PM
If the Tea Party is going away when the economy recovers, it’s unlikely the Senator From Harrah’s will be around to see it.
Heck, given the performance of Osama Obama and Congress, we probably won’t be around to see the economy recover.
MrScribbler on January 7, 2011 at 8:29 PM
And the economy will recover as soon as socialism disappears.
DeweyWins on January 7, 2011 at 8:34 PM
Don’t count on it, a**clown.
Flyboy on January 7, 2011 at 8:34 PM
Thanks Nevada…
… We owe you one!
Seven Percent Solution on January 7, 2011 at 8:34 PM
The absurdity that they convey to the notion of repealing Obamacare is exactly like what they project at a Palin run for President!
“oh that will never happen! The media, and everyone else whose opinion matter, would be against it!”
Mord on January 7, 2011 at 8:35 PM
Dang it Nevada, couldn’t you have thrown this old fossil out?
sandee on January 7, 2011 at 8:35 PM
Crazy Harry is talking to his Clairvoyant Pets again!!
canopfor on January 7, 2011 at 8:37 PM
Reid’s logic guarantees the Tea Party a long life …unfortunately for the nation’s economic wellbeing.
profitsbeard on January 7, 2011 at 8:37 PM
In your dreams, douchebucket.
Metro on January 7, 2011 at 8:38 PM
The People are never going back to the way things were.
GaltBlvnAtty on January 7, 2011 at 8:39 PM
they’re the only friends he has left….
cmsinaz on January 7, 2011 at 8:39 PM
Tea and One-Arm Bandits together,forever!
(sarc).
canopfor on January 7, 2011 at 8:40 PM
Sounds like a dare, Uriah Heep.
Fortunata on January 7, 2011 at 8:41 PM
Really, Harry? The media?
they’re the only friends he has left….
cmsinaz on January 7, 2011 at 8:39 PM
cmsinaz:And his precious pets(ick)!:)
canopfor on January 7, 2011 at 8:42 PM
how could i forget :)
cmsinaz on January 7, 2011 at 8:43 PM
So Nostradamus, tell me how much would Lowden would have won by? We all know how accurate the polls were in Nevada even right up to election day…
clement on January 7, 2011 at 8:44 PM
I don’t think the Tea Party is going away. As long as there is a Harry Reid or a Nancy Pelosi or a Barrack Obama, or a Liberal anywhere, the Tea Party will be on them like ants on a sugar cube.
BetseyRoss on January 7, 2011 at 8:45 PM
Perot in 1992, Tsongas and Rudman’s Concord Coalition, the 1994 Contract with America, the 2010 Tea Party, they’re all related. If we could just get it together and get some momentum. Bush II in 2000 and 2004 certainly slowed us down. He was a big government guy. Spending, prescription drugs, amnesty. The small govt people are assembled. We’re waiting for our small govt guy to get in there. It could be Palin. Or Romney? Or a player to be named later. We’ve been waiting for 20 years now. It wasn’t “read my lips” Bush I.
Paul-Cincy on January 7, 2011 at 8:45 PM
The “TEA Party” was born out of Obowma, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi shoving ObowmaCare down our throats, as the last straw to their Marxist/Socialist agenda…
… In other terms, American Citizens who still remember that these clowns in Washington, D.C. actually work for us.
WE are not going anywhere…
… Instead of just going to work everyday, raising our families, and trusting that those elected will do the right thing, all of that has changed.
Thanks to Harry Reid, et al, we will still work, raise our families, and be members of our communities…
… But the days of not taking our eyes off of our elected officials in Local, State, and Federal Office anymore is the “New World Order”.
Why, you ask? Because we are American Citizens, suffering from being raped…
… and we will NEVER let it happen again!
Seven Percent Solution on January 7, 2011 at 8:45 PM
A Musical Shoutout to Harry Reid!
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American Tea Party Anthem by Lloyd Marcus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2H8xHFXC8U
canopfor on January 7, 2011 at 8:45 PM
We are going to pull down all your liberal edifices brick by wretched brick…
Theworldisnotenough on January 7, 2011 at 8:46 PM
Big difference between Tea Party people and Peroites.
The Tea Party has no leader, but does have a common message.
Pero was a crazy old man who was living under somebody’s stairwell with a incoherent message. peppered with shouts of, “are you ganna let me finsih?“, “are ya?“, “well are ya?“
Kini on January 7, 2011 at 8:47 PM
Hippies will disappear as soon as the Vietnam War ends.
rihar on January 7, 2011 at 8:48 PM
Stupid Harry. The TEA party did not originate because of job losses. It began as a backlash to out-of-control federal spending with all of its waste, fraud, and power-grabbing. It stands for Taxed Enough Already. The American people are fed up with paying taxes for programs that it neither wants nor needs.
We are a nation of independent, liberty-loving people. We do not want the government to “take care of us.” We want to be left alone in order to pursue our own happiness as we individually define it and to enjoy the fruits of our labors. We are more than happy to share our bounty with others when we make that decision for ourselves.
Watch Harry’s blinkering eyes every time that he tells a talking point whopper.
onlineanalyst on January 7, 2011 at 8:48 PM
How did this putz manage to stay in office?
Kensington on January 7, 2011 at 8:48 PM
Hey Harry………..
You can take my Tea cup,Tea Pot,Tea Kettle,and My
TEA BAG(S),from my Cold DEAD NON DRINKING COFFEE
Hands!!
canopfor on January 7, 2011 at 8:48 PM
Yeah, we’re trying to vote them out of office
Kini on January 7, 2011 at 8:49 PM
Buy a vowel Dingy, cuz you still don’t have a clue.
GnuBreed on January 7, 2011 at 8:50 PM
The Tea Party has no leader, but does have a common message.
Kini on January 7, 2011 at 8:47 PM
Kini:Aloha,and thats why the Tea Party Patriots remain
strong,its essentially Leaderless,and yet,it retains
its power,strange and yet awesome at the same time!:)
canopfor on January 7, 2011 at 8:52 PM
Some could look at how the Perot movement flamed out in the 90s as the economy boomed and believe that the Tea Party is going to go the same way. There are differences. The fiscal situation at all levels of government is far worse now and there is no new industry on the horizon that is going to fuel the economy as the tech industry did in the 90s.
Mark1971 on January 7, 2011 at 8:54 PM
yes!
cmsinaz on January 7, 2011 at 8:54 PM
Mr. Penile is Senile.
carbon_footprint on January 7, 2011 at 8:55 PM
Hairy (his new name) is just priming the MSM pump. Giving them their marching orders, as it were. We’ll be hearing the same, worn out, rhetoric from Crissy and Olberdork…Not to mention the New York Slimes, right quick.
PS: Hairy, the United States military WON the war in Iraq. I thought you ought to know.
GoldenEagle4444 on January 7, 2011 at 8:55 PM
I have to disagree. The Tea Party was formed during Bush’s press conference to sell us on “Comprehensive Immigration Reform.”
Theworldisnotenough on January 7, 2011 at 8:56 PM
The economy has recovered.
We’re living in the new normal.
BowHuntingTexas on January 7, 2011 at 8:56 PM
Meanwhile………..we go back to the middle 1800′s,
in the dry dusty areas of Nevada,with the Tea Party Possey
on Dingy Harry the Kid Reid’s trail,
over hearing the Marshall say,”Should we brew and drink Tea
before or after we Hang’em”…..(snark).
canopfor on January 7, 2011 at 8:58 PM
Oh…oooooooh…if the media says that repealing ObieCare is a bad move then, well, I guess we let it stand.
Jeebus, what a nation we live in when dolts like Reid are making decisions on behalf of the rest of us.
Bishop on January 7, 2011 at 8:58 PM
cmsinaz:And his precious pets(ick)!:)
canopfor on January 7, 2011 at 8:42 PM
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how could i forget :)
cmsinaz on January 7, 2011 at 8:43 PM
cmsinaz:I wish I did,haha!:)
canopfor on January 7, 2011 at 8:59 PM
Exactly! There’s no target for any of the liberals to attack.
When they attack one, they attack many. E pluribus unum
Kini on January 7, 2011 at 8:59 PM
Ross Perot was a joke, all he wanted to do was ensure the defeat of President George H.W. Bush. Perot had no real desire to be President himself.
No Perot, and Clinton goes back to Arkansas and probably ends up in jail for rape.
slickwillie2001 on January 7, 2011 at 8:59 PM
To quote the “Duke” from “Big Jake” “Not Hardly” harry. If the economy gets better more of us will be able to afford the trip to DC to get the Congress to be responsible.
tim c on January 7, 2011 at 9:01 PM
The casino unions vaulted this dirt-bag into office. The casinos need to be punished as long as Harry is in office. Boycott Vegas and all the other casinos throughout the state of Nevada…elections have consequences.
belad on January 7, 2011 at 9:02 PM
:)
cmsinaz on January 7, 2011 at 9:02 PM
This is the Legacy of Liberal Policies.
jawkneemusic on January 7, 2011 at 9:02 PM
The Tea Party is more about an idea than it is about taxes. It is the idea of individual empowerment and responsibility vs government control.
I could accept higher taxes tomorrow. For that to be true though, government would have to be slashed in all areas, laws and regulations would have to be severely pared, freebies would have to eliminated for all but the most helpless, and the increase would have to go directly to reducing the debt.
If all those things were done though, the debt would probably decline on its own as the real problem is not lack of revenues.
It is lack of governmental responsibility.
GnuBreed on January 7, 2011 at 9:05 PM
The “TEA Party” was born out of Obowma, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi shoving ObowmaCare down our throats, as the last straw to their Marxist/Socialist agenda…
… and we will NEVER let it happen again!
Seven Percent Solution on January 7, 2011 at 8:45 PM
Seven Percent Solution:Nailed it very well,now,it needs to
be taught in the American Schooling
System,before it gets Liberally revi
sed,er,distorted!!:)
canopfor on January 7, 2011 at 9:06 PM
Once the government returns to fiscal responsibility and accountability, low taxes, and less regulation.
Then, and only then, will the Tea Party go away.
Kini on January 7, 2011 at 9:07 PM
Speaking of the media: There is a headline Politico story about the search for Gibbs’s replacement. Can you believe that Gibbs is described as an alpha male in the piece?
One of the takeaways about the search comes in the second page of the article.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/47234.html#ixzz1APBv4W7r
Apparently, too, Bill Daley will have a big role in the choice of press secretary.
ObaMao has new handlers, and “messaging” is the name of the game. What is so humorous is that ObaMao has enjoyed one of the least hostile media in my lifetime of nearly 64 years.
onlineanalyst on January 7, 2011 at 9:10 PM
Anyone who thinks Sharron Angle wouldn’t have been an improvement over Reid needs to have his (or her) head examined.
I think a rotting corpse might be an improvement over Reid. It wouldn’t do nearly as much damage, at any rate.
tsj017 on January 7, 2011 at 9:13 PM
we’re looking at four to five years, at least, of poor unemployment to come.
==========================
Listening to Celente on CoasttoCoast last night,he says,
that unemployment is over 10%,with Shadow Government Statistics having it at over 20%!
And,its not 13 Trillion,but 30 Trillion,spent!
Until American producing(Manufacturing)jobs returns,this
will be endless!!
Still try’n to get that interview audio clip!
canopfor on January 7, 2011 at 9:14 PM
Sharron Angle clearly won the debate over Pinky Reid.
onlineanalyst on January 7, 2011 at 9:14 PM
Oops,forgot linky thingy!
http://www.shadowstats.com/
canopfor on January 7, 2011 at 9:16 PM
Harry, time for you to disappear already… Just retire to your happy place, somewhere out in the wastelands of your state.
WhoU4 on January 7, 2011 at 9:20 PM
canopfor on January 7, 2011 at 8:52 PM
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Exactly! There’s no target for any of the liberals to attack.
When they attack one, they attack many. E pluribus unum
Kini on January 7, 2011 at 8:59 PM
Kini: Oh sh*t,your in observant overload,no target is right,
and thats another plus,most brilliant Kini!:)
canopfor on January 7, 2011 at 9:20 PM
Harry “the war is lost” will not live to see the day that the Tea Party philosophy goes away!
Harry you Marxist scum, you and your friends, you rammed it, you jammed it, you bribed and bought,
for that we will find you and fight you,and finish a war that you brought,
We will not leave the fight Dingy you creep, we will not rest, we will not sleep, until you are gone and buried deep, you and your loser scum will pay for the things you did in the dark of the night and during the day,
for the things you have wrought, for the deeds you have done comes the war that you bought and the Tea Party has won!
dhunter on January 7, 2011 at 9:41 PM
“The economy won’t ‘recover’ until every last Democrat and RINO are driven out of America and reside in North Korea where they belong.”
The Tea Party Patriots
JimP on January 7, 2011 at 10:11 PM
Harry Reid: The tea party will disappear as soon as the economy recovers
Wasn’t that what King George III said in response to Sam Adams and the boys in New England?
waterat31 on January 7, 2011 at 11:14 PM
What a horrible human being.
Inanemergencydial on January 7, 2011 at 11:19 PM
I’m gonna vanish?
scary…
Army Brat on January 7, 2011 at 11:26 PM
Actually, I’m glad the dimwit from Nevada was reelected, and that his stepsister, the new minority leader, is unable to walk away gracefully: we’ll have the two of them, plus their entourage of mindless sycophants, prattling away as a constant reminder to keep up our resolve to retire a few more dimmies in 2012.
n0doz on January 7, 2011 at 11:26 PM
Harry Reid will disappear (politically speaking) when Nevada recovers its senses.
Mojave Mark on January 7, 2011 at 11:40 PM
Oh no we won’t, Harry, and oh no it isn’t.
maryo on January 8, 2011 at 12:17 AM
..best thing that could have happened — in a manner of speaking. This soggy piece of soiled toilet paper and that old, used Botoxed maxi-pad leading the MINORITY in the house will be a reminder of how bad things were before NOvember 2nd, 2010 — an incentive for us in 2012 to flush the leader of this rat pack down the toilet.
The War Planner on January 8, 2011 at 1:21 AM
dingy Harrah’s is even as dangerous as 0bama.
OmahaConservative on January 8, 2011 at 2:20 AM
X2
gdonovan on January 8, 2011 at 4:28 AM
The chunk of dried Nevada vulture poop has spoken!
joe btfsplk on January 8, 2011 at 6:58 AM
Dream on Harry, you crooked, mindless dolt.
rplat on January 8, 2011 at 7:41 AM
Funny thing, Harry. The Tea Party is predicting YOU will be disappearing come the next time you are up for re-election.
pilamaye on January 8, 2011 at 7:50 AM
Dingy doesn’t seem to realize that he is the reason for the Tea Party. As long as he or any of his vile statist minions exist, so will the Tea Party.
WarEagle01 on January 8, 2011 at 8:35 AM
Nice try Harry. The Tea Party is here to stay and watch the like of you to assure the rest of U.S. that you and other hardcore Demoncratea do not regain any more control.
Arrogance is not going to get you ahead of the curve – Whitey is leaving the Demoncrates in numbers not seen before. Thus so does their $$$ that supports the freeloading sector.
So watchout as the poor get even poorer because the rich white guys and gals leave a failing programs.
MSGTAS on January 8, 2011 at 8:42 AM
Harry Reid became a state Senator with a personal wealth of approximately 100K… Today dingy Harry is worth over a hundred million, all on a Senator’s salary…
This is what the Tea Party is all about Harry. We are going to find out how you (and all others) became so wealthy. We are going to investigate the entire machinery that controls our political establishment Harry. We have much work to do Harry, and we realize that this work will be a two phase effort. First we will investigate, prosecute, and replace. Second we will keep a very close eye on the newly formed establishment, never again taking our eyes off the political process.
As Miss Carpenter sang so eloquently; we have only just begun…
Keemo on January 8, 2011 at 8:52 AM
Alternate headline: Tea Party, Harry Reid will disappear as leader of the Senate shortly after 2012 election ;)
Dr Evil on January 8, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Yes, eventually the Tea Party will disappear… and so will Dingy Harry. Dollar to a donut says Harry goes first.
petefrt on January 8, 2011 at 9:47 AM
You’re also looking at a situation where the question will have to be asked; did the “Tea Party” fade because the economy got better, or did the economy get better because of the “Tea Party” and it’s impact upon governance, and faded because it was no longer needed (or something to that affect).
The squeaky wheel gets the grease; Reid sees that as merely silencing the squeaky wheel, when in reality it’s more than that – the entire vehicle operates more efficiently and better in my feeble borrowing of this metaphor.
Midas on January 8, 2011 at 10:42 AM
No we won’t go away – too much work to complete to save the USA
uber-con on January 8, 2011 at 11:04 AM
The most common thread in the TEA Party support is that we are true patriots and want this republic restored to its founding principals. We The People are sick and dam tired of dems/liberal/progressives/statists and so on tearing down this great nation. Sick and dam tired, I tell ya!
uber-con on January 8, 2011 at 11:09 AM
Harry, like Nancy, live in an alternate reality. Up is down. Right is left. Hot is cold. Defeat is victory. Harry is a firm believer in “NewSpeak”.
GarandFan on January 8, 2011 at 11:11 AM
Take a look at what democrat policies will get you. This link is a look at the devastation brought on Detriot by liberal/progressive policies:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2011/jan/02/photography-detroit#/?picture=370173054&index=0
shameful that this is in the USA, shame on the democrats and their union henchmen who did this to a once great city
uber-con on January 8, 2011 at 11:11 AM
Eventually the Flower Children of the 1960s grew up and left Woodstock too–but not without changing the national landscape for decades to come.
I consider the Tea Party Movement to be nearly as influential as the peace movement of that time. Even if the protests end, the full effects of the Tea Party movement will continue to reverberate as the newly elected Congressmen and women come to power.
Grace_is_sufficient on January 8, 2011 at 11:44 AM
The Tea Party ISN’T going away! American’s are PISSED OFF.
Last night I went to a “Town Hall” that our State Rep. put on at the library. STANDING ROOM ONLY, 200 seats filled, lines outside the door.
YES, the Tea Party was WELL represented, along with a few hippys; “Un-Documented Americans”; and attorneys.
The purpose of the “Town Hall”. To discuss this representatives Arizona style immigration bill (Rep. William Snyder, R, Dist 82). Amazingly, 4 different news crews and 4 different newspapers showed up. They, based on their questions of both sides that I heard, seemed to be looking at it fairly (surprise, surprise). We’ll see what’s in the paper later today.
FloridaBill on January 8, 2011 at 12:04 PM
It’s looking like it will be. We’re at an historic crossroads, and the TPM may be what gets us safely through it.
These lefties would have us think that the TPM is new and transitory. What they don’t want to acknowledge is that the Movement flows from the Reagan Revolution, or even from Goldwater. It’s a deep, strong current within mainstream America that sometimes needs crisis to spring to the surface and make itself heard.
Harry’s about as correct about the Tea Party Movement as he was when he said the war in Iraq had been lost.
petefrt on January 8, 2011 at 12:08 PM
Without the Las Vegas mob and their union thugs this retarded pathetic excuse for a human being would back be in Nevada proving he is nothing but a thief.
volsense on January 8, 2011 at 12:19 PM
Why would the survival or lack thereof of the Tea Party matter when Nancy Pelosi tells us that it’s all Bush’s fault ?
J_Crater on January 8, 2011 at 12:45 PM
Much like the ‘peace protests’ in recent history vanished almost overnight when King Bush II wasn’t around anymore.
…so how about you start making the economy recover, Reid? That is – if you can.
Dark-Star on January 8, 2011 at 6:33 PM
Everything that every Democrat has said about the Tea Party has been either disinformation, outright insanity, or wishful thinking. I can’t recall a single statement from a Democrat regarding the Tea Party that was even remotely correct.
So, why the hell do we care what Harry Reid says about the Tea Party?
philwynk on January 8, 2011 at 9:16 PM
I just got back from a meeting of our new MD Conservative Action Network (MDCAN) meeting of most of the TEA Party organizations in our state. We are organizing to solidify major positions on state and federal issues and to become much more proactive. TX and Idaho have recently had similar conferences. No Senator Reid, we are not going away. You only wish, sir.
amr on January 8, 2011 at 10:28 PM
Sen. Reid has had so many things handed to him that he has developed a government handout syndrome.
The first step of all great 12 step programs is to admit that you have a problem to yourself and one other person.
MSGTAS on January 9, 2011 at 8:38 AM
(Repaired multiple errors in headline)
landlines on January 9, 2011 at 11:23 AM
Think again Dingy…
The Tea Party Movement will become the lefts worst nightmares.
WHY?
Tea Party 101 questions for candidates and elected officials:
* Be open and honest;
* Speak truthfully;
* Listen to and work for the American people;
* Adhere to the Constitution and your oath of office;
* Secure our borders;
* Support smaller government;
* Lower taxes.
That leaves you, and the rest of your RATS out!
byteshredder on January 9, 2011 at 10:35 PM
Wait Harry. So does this mean that the Tea Party isn’t racist after all? Or does a recovering economy diminish racism? Harry, you’re so confusing.
stefano1 on January 10, 2011 at 1:23 AM