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Howard Dean On Morning Joe: The Tea Party Leadership Is “Fraudulent”

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Former Vermont governor and presidential candidate Howard Dean‘s convinced the just-arrived Tea Party members of Congress have a fundamental problem, that their beliefs can’t be translated into effective policy now that they have to govern: “The Tea Party leadership is basically fraudulent,” Dean said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

Dean told MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough he thinks John Boehner has the capacity to be a “very competent” Speaker.

But Dean’s not impressed with the Tea Party–mandate or not–in terms of their ability to deliver on the promises they made:

“My guess is (Boehner) has a whole lot of freshmen who have no interest in any kind of legislative ability and are frankly somewhat fraudulent.”

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  • Atticus Draco


    “My guess is (Boehner) has a whole lot of freshmen who have no interest in any kind of legislative ability and are frankly somewhat fraudulent.”

    LMAO!
    WTF does that even mean?!?
    that’s just babble!

  • http://wlso.fm Uncle Shag

    YEE HAW!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Steven-Tyler/100001071466947 Steven Tyler

    As fraudulent as his dye hair color

  • hanniballa

    The MSM has tried to smear the teaparty from day one, this is new?

  • Harry Flashman

    He is either being willfully ignorant or is just another elitist jackwad to whom the will of the American people means little or nothing.

    I choose “B”

    Of course, it IS difficult to hear the people when your head is shoved so far up your own ass that your tonsils get in the way. Just how are the representatives newly elected by the people “fraudulent”?

    Elitist jerk.

  • valkyrie101

    Here is a classic Howard Dean moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5FzCeV0ZFc

  • Just4thefax

    Fact: Howard Dean is always as effective in his views as howard the duck!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uBszOr_BOQ&feature=related

  • dhg

    It’s another attempt by Democrats/liberals to blunt the building force of those who want the government to live within it’s means which scares them to death because their entire platform revolves around using government money to buy votes and fund their agenda.

    you’ll see a stream of this type of comment by a slew of similar people now that Dems no longer control the house and lost ground in the senate.

    And Dean needs to stop insinuating that tea party candidtes or any other candidates ran for office,I guess he means.”just to be there” or something.they ran to change things again which scares people like Dean to death.

  • fanofamerica

    I think it’s safe to say Dean’s ‘real’ is most self-respecting people’s ‘fraudulent.’

  • roxsteady

    Howard is spot on. These people are frauds. Oh, and if they truely had a mandate they would have taken back the Senate which would have allowed them to actually cut your granny’s Social Security check once the House passed that. Sadly these yokels will learn that they don’t have a mandate and can’t pass anything in the Senate and get the President’s signature. This will be 2 years of circle jerking by the party of no ideas which will see them sent back to Hooterville.

  • Harry Flashman

    “Howard is spot on. These people are frauds”

    Howard? Howard Dean? Is that you?

  • roxsteady

    Am I wrong? Did they win the Senate?

  • More Liberty2

    roxsteady said:
    Oh, and if they truely had a mandate they would have taken back the Senate

    So what does that say about the Democrats that lost the house and lost seats in the senate?

  • roxsteady

    It says they still control 2/3 of the government and have the power to block anything that Republicans try to pass. Don’t you people know how government works?

  • ImNotBlue

    Steven Tyler said:
    As fraudulent as his dye hair color

    Mr. Tyler… big fan. Oh, and I agree about the hair color.

    Come on, Howie, you can’t do that. We all know the salt-and-pepper look was yours, you can’t change it midway through. Ah well.

    roxsteady said:
    Howard is spot on. These people are frauds. Oh, and if they truly had a mandate they would have taken back the Senate which would have allowed them to actually cut your granny’s Social Security check once the House passed that. Sadly these yokels will learn that they don’t have a mandate and can’t pass anything in the Senate and get the President’s signature. This will be 2 years of circle jerking by the party of no ideas which will see them sent back to Hooterville.

    So let me see if I understand you correctly… the “party of no ideas” will send legislation onto the President, which won’t pass because the Senate and President won’t sign it. Two things… (1) won’t that make the Democrats the “party of no,” which you so objected to before, and (2) how does a “party of no ideas” send anything on in the first place? Won’t they need to have ideas to send on?

    Insults and name calling are fun… but your’s don’t appear to make a lot of sense.

  • reader3

    The only ideas I’ve heard from the teaparty are:

    Cut spending, but we don’t know where
    Don’t take my guns – when no one has tried
    Deport all muslims, regardless of the law.

    The traditional Republican Party, to their credit, have at least advanced the following:

    Limit Obama to one term
    Delay healthcare for the 9/11 first responders
    Cut budgets a meaningless 5%
    Block anything Obama wants, regardless of whether it was their idea in the first place.

    Given those two options, I’ll take the ignorance of the Teapartiers. They admit they don’t know what the Constitution says, but they want to uphold it’s tenets. Well, except for the 10th, 14th and 17th amendments. So far. Once they actually hear the whole thing red a few times, I wouldn’t be surprised if they want to toss a few more…

  • ImNotBlue

    reader3 said:
    The only ideas I’ve heard from the teaparty are: Cut spending, but we don’t know whereDon’t take my guns – when no one has triedDeport all muslims, regardless of the law.

    I’m not sure if your ignorance of their positions is really reason enough to have such disdain for the Tea Party.

  • cjd ohio 1

    and this guy is a doctor, would you go see him? hell no

  • reader3

    ImNotBlue:

    My ignorance of their positions comes straight from Bachmann and Palin. If you know of some solid positions positions they’ve taken, please, educate me!

  • timcajun

    reader3 says:

    The only ideas I’ve heard from the teaparty are:

    Cut spending, but we don’t know where
    Don’t take my guns – when no one has tried
    Deport all muslims, regardless of the law.

    The traditional Republican Party, to their credit, have at least advanced the following:

    Limit Obama to one term
    Delay healthcare for the 9/11 first responders
    Cut budgets a meaningless 5%
    Block anything Obama wants, regardless of whether it was their idea in the first place.

    Given those two options, I’ll take the ignorance of the Teapartiers. They admit they don’t know what the Constitution says, but they want to uphold it’s tenets. Well, except for the 10th, 14th and 17th amendments. So far. Once they actually hear the whole thing red a few times, I wouldn’t be surprised if they want to toss a few more…

    ImNotBlue says:

    I’m not sure if your ignorance of their positions is really reason enough to have such disdain for the Tea Party.

    Again, over and over the Tea Party has nothing! They don’t even bluff with something! Teas were the party of “NO”, but that was ok! Now, the liberals should never block anthing?Constitution, over and over, yes, it should fully be followed, but by the teas also! There is not “one” valid example (without spin, spin, spin) where the liberals didn’t hold to the constitution. The teas have changed words, cut and paste all the way and “they” are the one that have taken issue with the constitution many times over the years!False facts and spin is the teas standard! Just come up with some ideas, then….do it!

  • Snidely

    Howard Dean is 62. Forgive him his senior moments.

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