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| Kennedy's Kid Warns of Tea Party Rampage |
| 2012-06-28 |
| The email, written by the late Ted Kennedy's son Patrick, ominously predicts that "If the Court upholds the law, dangerous Tea Party extremists will go on a rampage. Backed by Super PAC's and shadowy front groups like Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS, they'll do everything in their power to defeat President Obama, demonize Democrats who fought for health care reform and, if they win the election, dismantle the law piece-by-piece." That's not a rampage, Patrick, that's The American Way. I'm personally hoping it's a promise... But there's the difference between the Tea Party and the hapless dupes Patrick Kennedy is trying to cadge money from, in order to finance the Democrats' "Health Care Rapid Response Fund." The Tea Party actually has facts. They know what's going on. They can read a spreadsheet. They understand the news coming from Europe. They know the old promises of socialism were always bankrupt, and it is no longer possible to pretend otherwise. They have always understood the simple truth that leftists fought to obscure for over a hundred years: nothing is "free." Would you like me to tell you what the Tea Party is going to do on Thursday, if ObamaCare is upheld by the Supreme Court, Mr. Kennedy? They'll go back to work. They'll take care of their families. On Thursday evening, they'll redouble their efforts to lawfully overturn ObamaCare through the political process. Some will display increased enthusiasm for the candidacy of Mitt Romney, who has promised to do exactly that. If Romney wins election in 2012 and doesn't get to work overturning ObamaCare, the Tea Party will oppose him. If he makes good on his promise, the Tea Party will seek to influence America's evolution toward market-based health care reform, which respects both the Constitution and the free citizens it exalts. We most certainly did not have such a system in 2008. It would be a grand achievement to build one in 2013, and proudly offer it to our children as an enduring legacy, not a collapsing cage of unsustainable obligations and phony accounting tricks that will crush their future. And the Tea Party will never again trust the liars, frauds, and political hacks who thrust ObamaCare upon them, over the strong and enduring objections of a majority of Americans. I just might have to send the Tea Party some money! I always wanted to be a dangerous extremist! |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #4 They love to hate conservatives more than they love their own policies. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2012-06-28 15:08 |
| #3 "If Romney wins election in 2012 and doesn't get to work overturning ObamaCare, the Tea Party will oppose him." and overnight the tea party will cease being terrorists and will be patriots loved by the left. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2012-06-28 15:07 |
| #2 no Patches. A "rampage" is when you get liquored up, slam a bunch of Amb1en, and go for a drive |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-06-28 14:17 |
| #1 Bobby, don't just send A (not 'the') Tea Party money, join one! |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2012-06-28 12:44 |