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Reid Predicts Tea Party Will ‘Disappear’ When Economy Improves
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Comments (313)
GeorgieJo
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 1:03amCEO of MGM on tv today saying re-electing DingyHarry was a great thing for Nevada
Never going to the MGM
Harry is an idiot and my mute button is beginning to show fatigue
Report Post »Of course it was abused when NancyDoofus/BHO or BarneyFranko spoke
Nico Santos
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:59amHarry Reid’s wet dream would be for the Tea Party to go away. Sorry Mr. Pinko, that ain’t going to happen. Harry Reid should thank his lucky stars that he lives in an era of American history where anti-patriots like him are celebrated in the media and heroes like Glenn Beck are mocked and worse. I wait for the day when Harry Reid’s destructive influence will disappear…and his name will be held in the same regard as Benedict Arnold.
Report Post »agapemusic
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:49amHey Harry… the Tea Party will be here as long as you are around!
Report Post »FreeToBe
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:48amOK, I’m confused! In at least 2 interviews with the Dems,n they make note of loss of over a trillion dollars if Obama Care is repealed, and yet,didn‘t he say it wasn’t going to cost us? Did I miss something?
Report Post »jbh
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 9:39amPlease keep in mind the dems left out the 350 billion to doctor’s for medicare service in the obamacare bill.
You add that to the bill and the American people are out billions each and every year.
And of course the CBO didn‘t add at because he wasn’t told by the dems to add that one?????????????????????????
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:45amIn your dreams Harry. You progressives wish. We’ll be here longer than you Mr. Reid. I predict a new political party if the GOP doesn’t hold up their end of the bargain in the next two years. And by the way, if the economy does improve it won‘t be from anything that the dem’s have done for the American people. The Tea-Party ,(that you love to hate) will push harder than ever before to see that this country is protected from the disasters that your party is responsible for Harry. “We the People” will restore honor, dignity, faith, and freedom back to the hard working American people of The United States of America. Bite me, Harry!
Report Post »pudssweetie
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:39amHarry probably paid all of the hookers in Las Vegas to vote, or was it the unions he paid, gee I get so confused between the 2.
Report Post »PerimeterForce
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:39amReid is an Idiot. It’s the Constitution stupid. Not the economy. It’s the Constitution that fires up the Tea Party. 1773 = 2009 Americans rising up against the tyranny of Socialism.
Report Post »scout n ambush
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:33amI hope some one has him taken in for a mental hygene test .
Report Post »rhymer
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:31amFew people in Congress have more ethical “lapses” than Harry, dirty harry, Reid … or as RUSH says, dingy Harry! Barbara Boxer is of a similar make-up … Ted Kennedy fits the bill, too, but nature finally put him in a pine box (or gold), long after drowning his lover! Sadly, Harry, “I know” … and the guy is EVIL to the core. It is all about his little kingdom and POWER.
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 9:54amYes Rhymer,
Reid always makes me think of Barney Fife had he gone to the “Dark Side”.
Report Post »BRAVEHEART
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:30amReid will loose his position as majority leader after the 2012 election when the Republicans gain control of the Senate. Obamacare will be repealed in the next several months and there’s nothing Reid or the Demo-Nazi’s can do to stop it. Reid will loose his senate seat when his current term ends in 2016 if he doesn’t die from terminal stupidity before then. Obamacare is an act of political and economic terrorism against all real patriotic Americans. Reid, Obama and the rest of these communist Liars should be charged with sedition or political terrorism.
Report Post »Centurion_
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:28amActually, I think Harry may be right.
Unfortunately, I don’t think either will happen any time soon.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:28amSimilar erroneous thoughts of King George III
Report Post »Deda1
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:26amThink again *******.
Report Post »oldfashionamerican
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:24amDisappear? Mr. Reid, we have not yet begun to fight.
Report Post »Cookiepuss
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:22amNo Dingy Harry we are waiting for you to “Disappear”…Scumbag!
Report Post »flyoverbob
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:17amNevada you deserve the highest unemployment rate in the country. I no longer beleive that they are just lying,I think these freaks really beleive this tripe that they spew.They are worse than whores,they are pimps.They are selling their grandchildrens future for a little power for themselves.
Report Post »iheartusa
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:14amThe tea party movement is not going away and the progressives are starting to really understand that fact. They are terrified of those of us who actually want to think for ourselves and take responsibility for our lives. They don’t know how to deal with those of us who have free will.
Report Post »One1
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 2:50amHe knows we are not going away. that is why they are trying to manufacture their own version of the Tea Party.
Report Post »IowaWoman
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:12pmDisappear? Some one clue Harry in, we are growing! What a joke! It’s Freedom we fight for NOT money. We just want to starve the beast. Less taxes=Less Government. Duh
Report Post »Banter
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:09amNo worries, they criticize and belittle that which scares the s#it out of them.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:51amExactly … remember from the beginning they thought we were a joke .. who was laughing on Nov 2nd?!!!
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:09amFree wellness check up and not have to pay for it…….. do doctors work for free?
Report Post »home_of_the_brave
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:06amI predict the Democrats will disappear sooner than that.
Report Post »libznightmare
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:04amIn your dreams, Harry. In your dreams.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 7:26amActually, the dream for him would be that the TeaParty sticks around, and runs a 2012 candidate against the dem and repub choices.
Report Post »jagr1850
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:04amreid must resign in disgrace or be put in prison for corruption in politics and voter fraud in the
Report Post »re election…..the tea party is going to be around long after he is pushing up daisy in nevada.!!!
CatB
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:49amHe should have been gone when he uttered ..“the war is lost” .. with our service people in harms way.
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 1:15amCan’t wait ’till he disappear .
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 5:47amThe Nation is going to melt down very soon. The economy, thanks to people like Harry Reid, will go into hyperinflation. The unprepared and the dependents of government will take to the streets first…
When the Unions turn on Harry and drag him in the streets for a good ole Union thug ass whuppin’ he will be thinking about how bad he screwed up.
Dance with the devil Harry, you will soon be burned. We the People will restore this great Nation without you…
Report Post »StMichelob
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:02amNo, you criminal mouthpiece fraud, We the People will be here just as strong as we are now, demanding more and more from our ELECTED SERVANTS until We the People are satisfied with where our country is. Go sheppard some sheep you loony goof.
Report Post »StMichelob
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:12amLittle known fact about the repeal of obamacare, after they (the new house republican majority) make the whole original go away, they plan to look at each part piecemeal and divide into smaller, move visable parts and vote on each according to their merit. The Repubs in this new congress WANT health care reform, and have been saying this from the start of this debate, and now have the power to make it happen in a real, fiscally sound and logically smart way. Harry reid and others saying this is madness and will add a trill to our debt is just the last gasp of a desperate movement: Ultra-socialism. You lost, fellas. Go retire and repent your sins to this Country and to the Constitution. God will still love you if you do, even though your entire time in was spent breaking an oath to God that you would UPHOLD the Contitution….one that you all railed against reading the other day. God loves you. Just do the right thing.
Report Post »Or burn in hell….matters little to me.
Masamune
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:01amWhy oh why did you re-elect him Nevada?
Report Post »Republic
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:07amThe unions got him re-elected. Did you not stay with the news on malfunctioning polling booths that were maintained by union people . Can you say, “Fraud”?
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:21amMy wife and I went to Vegas every year, haven’t been in the last 2 and don’t believe we’ll ever go again.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:47amI have not and will not go back to Vegas either ..the thought of tipping some UNION member who voted for Reid is revolting. Florida has casinos if I want to go and lots of entertainment .. I will stay in my state where we just elected RUBIO!
Report Post »Kalshion
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 1:34amBlame the idiots of my state, along with the union. The voting people also don’t check IDs, so an illegal immigrant can easily vote for whomever he wants and the people who run the voting areas won’t question him or ask for ID.
Combine that with the malfunctioning voting booths, and how some automatically had Reid selected, not to mention that they were run by the UNION which had alreayd showed their support for Reid and well, you know that the election here in Nevada was rigged from the very beginning.
Report Post »One1
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 2:43amWould not doubt some fraud. I just don’t believe our Tea Party representative (Ms. Angle) was the Tea party person for the job. We can’t kid ourselves, Just because you are a tea party member, does not make you a leader. I think we tried to start a 3rd string quaterback in the Superbowl.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 10:11amNope, we have no plans to go back to Las Vegas either, even if we didn’t have Hard Rock in FL. The sheep followed the union boss’ to the slaughter and now they can live with the consequences. Want to gamble, go to Mississippi, or Florida, where you have beautiful beaches and Grayson is no longer the most embarassing attraction.
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 7, 2011 at 11:58pmLittle does he know that we Tea-Partiers are here to stay.
This is for our children and grandchildren so we aren’t going anywhere!
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:05amDittos! I wish that lil’ weasel would just sit down and shut up…Between him and Obama, my “mute” button is wearing out!
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:08amWe’re going nowhere, this is about Liberty and keeping gov’t out of our lives.
http://guerillatics.com
Creestof
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:15amExactly! This is about getting back to the government staying out of our business…we don’t need big brother. This is about paying for what you can afford and not going broke over foolishness. This is about recognizing that the only thing the government (and your fellow taxpayers) owe you, is FREEDOM. This is about America being proud of the ideals we were founded on, yet responsible for the errors that have been made. It is about America looking out for America, while watching the back of our TRUE allies. It is about America being willing to lend a hand, but refusing to bend over and take it in the keester. It is about those in Washington understanding that they are there to represent our beliefs, desires and opinions…and not to ignore us and make decisions for us as if we were children. This is about America following its core roots and if any backwoods, desert dwelling, goat****er has a problem with it…they can grab a mallet, a bucket of their sand, and pound it where the sun don’t shine.
Report Post »dawgPound
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:16am@ azdebi….Try leaving the mute button alone, maybe you will learn a little something if you hear all sides of the argument. Oh, i get it, you don’t need to, you used the word “ditto”. You already have rush to tell you what to think.
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:19amthe teaparty will sit back and observe once things are on the right track, but they will not disappear. They will come to the forefront once there is a need again.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:19amSome may, to them I say enjoy slavery at the hands of the regressives, me I’m here to stay!
Report Post »hickoryrat
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:24amDid this box of rocks predict when the economy will improve?
Report Post »dawgPound
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:30amHarry is wrong, racism and stupidity will never go away.
Report Post »Curator_JDR
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:32amI predict the Progressives will disappear. They killed the democratic party and ruined the word Liberal. Most conservatives are liberal in the sense of staying out of people’s personal lives and wanting every citizen to pursue their own happiness. That is traditional Liberal. The nanny state is NOT.
Its HUMOR time to ridicule Progressives. they can’t stand ridicule that sticks and ruins their talking points. This animated web video exposes the insanity of the Progressives with LOL humor and gives Americans a new symbol (weapon) to combat the Progressives.
http://www.marcrubin.com/hairmerica.ivnu
Report Post »Tea Party Conservatism
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:34amNow that they are seated, is Congress satisfied to unwisely patronize the very citizens who elected them for their patriotic campaign promises, or will they do their sworn duty to protect and defend the Constitution?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:43amLOL .. another delusional progressive … sorry Harry .. we are here to stay … and ignore us at your peril. You and your buddies have called us all kinds of vile names and made false accusations against us and guess what (?) WE ARE STILL HERE!
TEA!
Report Post »GBMBulletsSKNRD
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 1:10amWrong again Harry.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 1:12amTEA Party members … you can contact Sen. Reid at …..
http://reid.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
I have — and I do not live in Nevada ..they work for ALL of us!
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 1:18amRemember to be very proud of the fact that you are a Tea-Partier. If anyone asks you, in person or on the net, “are you a Tea-Partier?” proudly say… “DAMN STRAIGHT”.
Try to completely ignore their ‘Tea-******’ comments. They want to get under your skin by using the term, so even if it does bother you don’t let on. I always try to correct them by simply saying “No I am not a Tea-******, but I am a proud Tea-Partier”. Don’t go any further so it looks to all that you won that round. And no worries people, my advice is free!
Report Post »ozz
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 1:24amROFLMAO! Could he be more delusional? IT’S NOT ABOUT MONEY!! IT’S ABOUT FREEDOM!!
Report Post »The Libertarian Atheist
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 1:32amKeep Talking crap harry. every time you flap your mouth, our ranks grow, our determination steels, and our “Longevity” Increases. WE’ll be here until the Constitution is restored, and LONG after.
Report Post »S G Applebee
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 1:38amI hate to say it, but he may be right. Our great nation will probably fall before people understand what’s really going on. The issues are fundamental, you MUST, sooner or later, choose a side. Are you a Producer or a Parasite?
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSmZDCeqUyE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wd9ufxnOHA
SHOESHINEBOY
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 1:39amI bet the King of England said the same thing about the first Tea Party…just look how well that prediction went…
Report Post »One1
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 2:14amDems do three things; 1. They say the opposite of whats true. 2. They project their ill intentions on the other party. And 3, they approach their constituency with the belief that they are not educated in political matters. In other words, they truely believe the American people are stupid.
Report Post »AmeriWoman
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 2:28amTo bad he wasn’t talking about his shamefull self!
(But why kid myself, he’s a crook AND a liar, it wouldn’t matter)
AW
Report Post »ok3wire
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 3:40amListen to the guy, he makes no sense!!! How the hell did he get re-elected? I think I listened to his response 20 times and it made absolutely no sense!! Please God help us.
Report Post »mcfinch
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 4:42amYes we are here to stay!
http://politicalbowl.com – Political Video Website
Report Post »VermontPatriot
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 5:13amWhat a stupid sumbich! When we get through with the Dummycrats in 2012, there won’t be any Dummycrats left but “Dingy” Harry and the few others that we can’t get rid of in the 2012 election cycle.
Report Post »PaulaWalla
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 7:33amWe’d like to see him disappear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 8:03amWrong again, Harry, so don’t get too comfortable. We are just starting to enjoy ourselves and it can only get much better in 2012.
Report Post »Mister President
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 8:09amWhen or if, Mr. Reid? When the economy improves? Maybe if the economy improves. Maybe.
The economy is fundamentally broken. With oil at $90/bbl, it will never recover to what it once was. Oil is the blood of the economy. Oil would have to be around $20 – $30/bbl for an extended time for an economic boom like that of the 1990s.
The only people doing well are the ones who know how to commit arbitrage with all the free money from the Fed and have access to all that free money from the Fed. The people who need loans are not qualified to borrow and would, more likely than not, not be able to repay them.
All that bad debt was just transferred from private banks and institutions to the Federal government. One war or another, all that bad debt will have to come off the books and be realized as a loss. It’s only a matter of time.
My only question is the following: who can bail out Uncle Same, even if they wanted to?
Answer: Literally no one; not even the world as a collective really could. The game is up.
Report Post »JKN
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 8:58amDream On, Mr. Reid…
First the Progressives tried to dismiss us as just a tiny “fringe” of society. Then they tried to slander us as a bunch of “racists” and “extremists.” Then they tried to subdue us with their so-called Racial Reports (NAACP, etc.) Now they’re trying to label us as just being concerned about the economy…
Our ever-growing Tea Party movement is becoming a real nightmare for these open-border Progressives; and the bigger our movement, the more desperate they become.
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 9:11amSo Senator Reid believes that the tea party movement is unsustainable. Perhaps that is just wishful thinking on his part. Even the time honored tradition of accusing the Tea Party to be “racist” and attacking it with the full force of the preponderance of propaganda has only strengthen the Tea Party movement and destroyed some of the tyrants credibility.
The fact is that it is that either the “Tea Party Movement” or Mr. Reid will go the way of the Dodo bird. If the American Revolution is to survive, It will be Mr. Reid who will leaves.
We the people will not yield to the tyranny of King George III even under “new management.” http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »GeeWhiz
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 9:18amI think it’s going to take awhile to fundamentally change our fiscal and social policies, as well as the size and scope of our behemouth government.
We’re going to be here for a very long time. He’s not only politically wrong, he’s not that bright, either.
Report Post »jbh
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 9:35amWhat Riddle doesn’t understand is the American people. He and BO do make a good pair.
Like I said before when you have 25% illegals that do vote and unions in casinos it was enough to get him over Angle. NV how is your unemployment numbers these days???????????????????
Report Post »hud
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 10:42amI predict Reid will disappear long before the tea party. LOCK AND LOAD
Report Post »BarbieBabe
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 10:44amKeep drinking your Cool-Aide Harry, we are happy with our TEA
Report Post »leftiesaredangerous
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:04amSorry Harry, but my family and I will be here as long as God allows us. Beyond that, for me the Tea Party isn’t an organization, it’s a belief system. Ours will not not change to a liberal world view.
Report Post »NapoHill15
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:28amThe little Harry Reid fails to understand the Tea Party has always been here . . .
The thing is though; he knows that . . . He knows it all too well that generation after generation it has been passed along . . . It has been incubated in our schools and our institutions, in our military; it’s within us. What Mr. Reid is really speaking of frames the reasoning behind the destructive nature of liberalism, of why it has to destroy the things that develop the principles of the Tea Party.
And in that, it is he and his people, as a base of power that will disappear from the landscape just as the many others in the past that attempted to break the will of freedom and liberty loving people.
Mr. Reid, the real history books tell a different story than what you are projecting . . . Our history is rich with chapter after chapter of good prevailing over evil. You are a savvy opponent and even ruthless when you need to be . . . Know that our history books will tell your story well.
Report Post »cdprad
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:52amThe Tea Party will disappear when politicians like Reid disappear
Report Post »and when the founding values are safely restored.
texas_gal
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:02pmWe won’t disappear until they reduce the government footprint!
Report Post »John_Free
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 1:06pmI agree…..I’m a Tea Party guy until I pass away….
Also, Harry may not know that the economy is going to get worse before it gets better….do the math.
Report Post »touch
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 1:13pmIf and when the economy gets better, it will be because of Tea Party members who had the BACKBONE to stand for American values and principles thus they will be around for the long run. On the other hand, weasel’s like Harry Reid who sell out at the drop of a dime will be gone!
Report Post »ATexasFan
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 1:39pmHow does this man stay in office? He is making me wonder more each day.
Report Post »timeisnow
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 2:20pmI love it when the Liberals speak out their @sses, it just makes more Tea Party Members.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 4:53pmThe Progresives have been at this for 100 years. That should tell you how serious they are. They will not go away.
Get to Tea Party meetings near you. We need you to get involved in order to keep the ball rolling.
Report Post »Vent here, but that alone will not be enough. These Progressives are very serious.
Liberty_Forever
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 6:49pmReading between the lines, I’m pretty sure what he meant is “I HOPE the Tea Party goes away when the economy improves….” Not likely, buddy boy. The actions of the reigning democrats and republicans serving in our federal government have demanded the people stand up…and the Tea Party was their response. Hate to rain on your parade Reid, but the Tea Party is not going anywhere.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 8:22pmWe are here to stay.
Report Post »Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 8:46pmJim Wallis – WE SEE YOU
http://www.infowars.com/jim-wallis-drug-war-deceit/
Report Post »Kookaburra
Posted on January 9, 2011 at 2:03pmThis is Reid’s pipe dream, that they will go away. Then he thinks he can take credit for the upturn in the economy when it will only be due to the fact that Dem‘s are not the majority anymore and everything they’ve done will be overturned. Unfortunately, if Obama is still usurping in the Oval Office, Dem’s will still take credit for anything good that happens with the economy notwithstanding that the new Congress will have achieved everything under a lame duck usurper president.
Report Post »GEETAR
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 6:26pmamen hopefully the tea party will turn into a fullfleadged political party. the socialist dont get it. I bet they hated having to read the constitution outloud. I bet some of them never have read it
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