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"These guys ran against Washington, but they ran against the bad parts of Washington—the bloated bureaucracy and Nancy Pelosi's agenda. That's not a contradiction to take money from a trade group or corporation that represents free-enterprise principles."
—Andrew Theodore, fundraising consultant, explaining the flurry of debt-retirement fundraisers in D.C. for the GOP freshmen class. Those free-enterprise supporting corporations include Rolls-Royce, Deloitte, ExxonMobil, Yum Brands, Delta Airlines, K&L Gates (the lobbyists) and the National Automotive Dealers Association PAC.
"Pimp? What pimp? This is just a business, like any other. Supply and demand, baby."
Democrats, begin the countdown to the anti-republican backlash in the tea party. It's gonna be awesome.
Wait, when they sour on Republicans, do we have to take them? Yuck.
I believe irony is lost on them, alas.
Never going to happen. The Tea Party IS the Republican party. The only backlash that will occur will be against the Dems, FROM the Democratic voters. They simply won't show up.
Nope. Tea party definitely isn't the Republican party, as evidenced by the amazing fights that have happened (Castle v. O'Donnell, e.g.!) when the insane tea party candidate who cannot possibly win beats the more moderate republican candidate.
The tea party is first and foremost about "small government" (honest! it's not just a line they say!) and when the tea party candidates start earmarking and voting to spend money on shit, there's gonna be a hell of a reckoning. I'm guessing an actual third party.
I think all people love Medicare, Social Security, and defense spending too much for there to ever be an even remotely viable third party that's truly based on small government.
I thought this was going to be a recap of the Giants game.
The bad parts of that Washington are the ownership and the front office.
Amen.
Is this like Larry David's bad leukemia/good leukemia distinction?
How did K&L Gates get so Republican when Bill Gates Sr is kind of a Democrat?